The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
2 Corinthians 9:6 - English Standard Version 2016 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. American Standard Version (1901) But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Common English Bible What I mean is this: the one who sows a small number of seeds will also reap a small crop, and the one who sows a generous amount of seeds will also reap a generous crop. Catholic Public Domain Version But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings. |
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.
This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.