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2 Corinthians 9 - Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

September 24
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King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/2cor9-1.htm]
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Help for Fellow Christians
9 1I really don't need to write to you about this help for God's people. 2I know
that you want to help. I have been boasting about this to the people in Macedonia.
I have told them that you people in Achaia were ready to give since last year. And
your wanting to give has made most of the people here ready to give also. 3But I
am sending the brothers to you. I don't want our boasting about you in this to
be for nothing. I want you to be ready like I said you would be. 4If any of the
people from Macedonia come with me, and they find that you are not ready, then we
will be ashamed. We will be ashamed that we were so sure of you. (And you will be
ashamed too!) 5So I thought that I should ask these brothers to go to you before
we come. They will finish making ready the gift you promised. Then the gift will
be ready when we come, and it will be a gift you wanted to give--not a gift that
you hated to give. 6Remember this: The person who plants little will harvest only
a little. But the person who plants much will harvest much. 7Each person should
give what he has decided in his heart to give. A person should not give if it makes
him sad. And a person should not give if he thinks he is forced to give. God loves
the person who gives happily. 8And God can give you more blessings than you need.
Then you will always have plenty of everything. You will have enough to give to
every good work. 9It is written [in the Scriptures*]: "He gives generously to the
poor; his kindness will continue forever." (Psalm 112:9) 10God is the One who gives
seed to the person who plants. And he gives bread for food. And God will give you
[spiritual] seed and make your seed grow. He will make a great harvest from your
goodness (giving). 11God will make you rich in every way so that you can always
give freely. And your giving through us will make people give thanks to God. 12This
service that you do helps the needs of God's people. But that is not all your service
does. It is also bringing more and more thanks to God. 13This service you do is
a proof [of your faith]. People will praise God because of this. They will praise
God because you follow the gospel* of Christ--the gospel you say you believe. People
will praise God because you freely share with them and with all people. 14And when
those people pray, they will wish they could be with you. They will feel this because
of the great grace (kindness) that God gave you. 15Thanks be to God for his gift
that is too wonderful to explain.

Footnotes: Scriptures Holy Writings--the Old Testament. gospel, Good News The news
that God has made a way for people to have their sins forgiven and live with him
forever.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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