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| 9:1 | For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for mee to write to you. |
| 9:2 | For I know the forwardnesse of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked very many. |
| 9:3 | Yet haue I sent the brethren, least our boasting of you should bee in vaine in this behalfe, that as I saide, yee may be readie. |
| 9:4 | Lest happily if they of Macedonia come with mee, & find you vnprepared, wee (that wee say not, you) should bee ashamed in this same confident boasting. |
| 9:5 | Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before vnto you, and make vp before hand your bountie, whereof yee had notice before, that the same might bee readie, as a matter of bountie, not of couetousnesse. |
| 9:6 | But this I say, Hee which soweth sparingly, shall reape sparingly: and he which soweth bountifully, shall reape bountifully. |
| 9:7 | Euerie man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him giue; not grudgingly, or of necessitie: for God loueth a cheerefull giuer. |
| 9:8 | And God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that ye alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all things, may abound to euery good worke, |
| 9:9 | (As it is written: Hee hath dispersed abroad: Hee hath giuen to the poore: his righteousnesse remaineth for euer. |
| 9:10 | Now he that ministreth seede to the sower, both minister bread for your foode, and multiply your seede sowen, and encrease the fruites of your righteousnesse) |
| 9:11 | Being enriched in euery thing to al bountifulnes, which causeth through vs thankesgiuing to God. |
| 9:12 | For the administration of this seruice, not onely supplieth the want of the Saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgiuings vnto God, |
| 9:13 | Whiles by the experiment of this ministration, they glorifie God for your professed subiection vnto the Gospel of Christ, and for your liberall distribution vnto them, and vnto all men: |
| 9:14 | And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. |
| 9:15 | Thanks be vnto God for his vnspeakeable gift. |
| 9:1 | Of the handreachinge vnto ye sayntes, it is no nede for me to wryte vnto you: |
| 9:2 | for I knowe youre redynesse of mynde, wherof I boast my selfe amonge them of Macedonia, and saye: Achaia was ready a yeare agoo. And youre feruentnesse hath prouoked many. |
| 9:3 | Neuertheles yet haue we sent these brethren, lest oure reioysinge ouer you shulde be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye mighte be ready, as I haue reported of you: |
| 9:4 | lest whan they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyl not saye ye) shulde be ashamed in this presumpcion of boostinge. |
| 9:5 | Wherfore I thoughte it necessary to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, for to prepare this blessynge promysed afore, that it mighte be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge. |
| 9:6 | This I thynke: that he which soweth litle, shal reape litle also: and he yt soweth plenteously,shal likewyse reape plenteously, |
| 9:7 | euery one acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, not grudgingly, or of compulsion. For God loueth a chearfull geuer. |
| 9:8 | God is able to make you riche in all grace, yt ye in all thinges hauynge sufficiet to the vttemost, maye be riche to all maner of good workes. |
| 9:9 | As it is wrytte: He hath sparsed abrode & geue to ye poore, his righteousnes remayneth for euer. |
| 9:10 | He that geueth sede vnto the sower, shal mynistre bred also for fode, and shal multiplye youre sede, and increase the frutes of yor righteousnes, |
| 9:11 | that in all thinges ye maye be made riche vnto all singlenesse, which causeth thorow vs, thankesgeuynge vnto God. |
| 9:12 | For the hadreachinge of this colleccion not onely suppleeth the nede off the sayntes, but also is abudaunt herin, that for this laudable mynistracion many mighte geue thakes vnto God, |
| 9:13 | and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men, |
| 9:14 | and in their prayer for you, which longe after you, for the abundaunt grace of God in you. |
| 9:15 | Thankes be vnto God for his vnoutspeakeable gifte. |
| 9:1 | For of the mynystrie that is maad to hooli men, it is to me of plente to write to you. |
| 9:2 | For Y knowe youre wille, for the which Y haue glorie of you anentis Macedonyes, for also Acaie is redi fro a yeer passid, and youre loue hath stirid ful manye. |
| 9:3 | And we han sent britheren, that this thing that we glorien of you, be not auoidid in this parti, that as Y seide, ye be redi. |
| 9:4 | Lest whanne Macedonyes comen with me, and fynden you vnredi, we be schamed, that we seien you not, in this substaunce. |
| 9:5 | Therfor Y gesside necessarie to preie britheren, that thei come bifore to you, and make redi this bihiyt blessyng to be redi, so as blessing, and not as aueryce. |
| 9:6 | For Y seie this thing, he that sowith scarseli, schal also repe scarseli; and he that sowith in blessyngis, schal `repe also of blessyngis. |
| 9:7 | Ech man as he castide in his herte, not of heuynesse, or of nede; for God loueth a glad yyuere. |
| 9:8 | And God is miyti to make al grace abounde in you, that ye in alle thingis euere more han al sufficience, and abounde in to al good werk; |
| 9:9 | as it is writun, He delide abrood, he yaf to pore men, his riytwisnesse dwellith withouten ende. |
| 9:10 | And he that mynystrith seed to the sowere, schal yyue also breed to ete, and he schal multiplie youre seed, and make myche the encreessingis of fruytis of youre riytwisnesse; |
| 9:11 | that in alle thingis ye maad riche waxen plenteuouse in to al symplenesse, which worchith bi vs doing of thankingis to God. |
| 9:12 | For the mynystrie of this office not oneli fillith tho thingis that failen to holi men, but also multiplieth many thankyngis to God, |
| 9:13 | bi the preuyng of this mynystrie, which glorifien God in the obedience of youre knouleching in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynycacioun in to hem and in to alle, |
| 9:14 | and in the biseching of hem for you, that desiren you for the excellent grace of God in you. |
| 9:15 | Y do thankyngis to God of the yifte of hym, that may not be teld. |
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