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give them proof, then, of your charity, and of the good reason we have to be proud of you, for all the churches to see. (2 Corinthians 8, 24)
I know well your eagerness, which has made me boast to the Macedonians that Achaia has been ready ever since last year, and this challenge of yours has stirred up others beside yourselves. (2 Corinthians 9, 2)
If I am sending the brethren, it is only for fear that the boast we made of you should prove false in this particular; as I told you, I would have you quite ready; (2 Corinthians 9, 3)
or else, when some of the Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, and you too for that matter, will be put to the blush over this confidence of ours. (2 Corinthians 9, 4)
That is why I have thought it necessary to ask the brethren to visit you first, and see that the free offering you have already promised is prepared beforehand. Only it is to be a free offering, not a grudging tribute. (2 Corinthians 9, 5)
I would remind you of this, He who sows sparingly will reap sparingly; he who sows freely will reap freely too. (2 Corinthians 9, 6)
God has the power to supply you abundantly with every kind of blessing, so that, with all your needs well supplied at all times, you may have something to spare for every work of mercy. (2 Corinthians 9, 8)
So we read, He has spent largely, and given to the poor; his charity lives on for ever.✻ (2 Corinthians 9, 9)
The administration, remember, of this public service does more than supply the needs of the saints; it yields, besides, a rich harvest of thanksgiving in the name of the Lord. (2 Corinthians 9, 12)
and they will intercede, too, on your behalf, as the abundant measure of grace which God bestows on you warms their hearts towards you. (2 Corinthians 9, 14)
And now, here is Paul, the man who is so diffident when he meets you face to face, and deals so boldly with you at a distance, making an appeal to you by the gentleness and the courtesy of Christ.✻ (2 Corinthians 10, 1)
What I ask is, that you will not force me to deal boldly with you when we meet. I have my own grounds for confidence, and with these I may well be counted a match for those who think we rely on merely human powers. (2 Corinthians 10, 2)
