2 Corinthians 9:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.

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  • Gen 33:11 : 11 I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.
  • 1 Sam 25:27 : 27 And now, this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought vnto my lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yong men, that followe my lord.
  • 1 Sam 30:26 : 26 When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto the Elders of Iudah and to his friends, saying, See there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 5:15 : 15 And hee turned againe to the man of God, hee, and all his companie, and came and stood before him, and sayd, Behold, now I knowe that there is no God in all the world, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a reward of thy seruant.
  • 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 Euery first day of the weeke, let euery one of you put aside by himselfe, and lay vp as God hath prospered him, that then there be no gatherings when I come.
  • 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.
  • 2 Cor 12:17-18 : 17 Did I pill you by any of them whom I sent vnto you? 18 I haue desired Titus, and with him I haue sent a brother: did Titus pill you of any thing? walked we not in the selfe same spirit? walked we not in the same steppes?
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 And shee answered him, Giue mee a blessing: for thou hast giuen me a South countrey, giue me also springs of water: and Caleb gaue her the springs aboue and the springs beneath.

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  • 2 Cor 9:1-4
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

    2For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.

    3Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-8
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    6This yet remember, that he which soweth sparingly, shall reape also sparingly, and hee that soweth liberally, shall reape also liberally.

    7As euery man wisheth in his heart, so let him giue, not grudgingly, or of necessitie: for God loueth a cheerefull giuer.

    8And God is able to make all grace to abound towarde you, that yee alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all thinges, may abounde in euery good worke,

  • 2 Cor 8:1-15
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    1We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,

    2Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie.

    3For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing,

    4And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.

    5And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God,

    6That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.

    7Therefore, as yee abound in euery thing, in faith and woorde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towardes vs, euen so see that yee abound in this grace also.

    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

    9For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.

    10And I shewe my minde herein: for this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to doe onely, but also to will, a yeare agoe.

    11Nowe therefore performe to doe it also, that as there was a readinesse to will, euen so yee may performe it of that which yee haue.

    12For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

    14That also their aboundance may bee for your lacke, that there may be equalitie:

    15As it is written, Hee that gathered much, had nothing ouer, and hee that gathered litle, had not the lesse.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

    20Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,

    21Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-3
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    1Concerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galatia, so doe ye also.

    2Euery first day of the weeke, let euery one of you put aside by himselfe, and lay vp as God hath prospered him, that then there be no gatherings when I come.

    3And when I am come, whomsoeuer ye shal alowe by letters, them will I send to bring your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

  • 2 Cor 9:11-13
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    11That on all partes yee may bee made rich vnto all liberalitie, which causeth through vs thanksgiuing vnto God.

    12For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God,

    13(Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

    9And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

  • Phil 4:16-17
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    16For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,

    17Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

  • Gal 2:10
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    10Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 1 Tim 6:18
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    18That they doe good, and be riche in good woorkes, & readie to distribute, and comunicate,

  • 3 John 1:6
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    6Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,

  • Rom 15:26
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    26For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem.

  • Acts 11:29
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    29Then the disciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14But without thy minde woulde I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
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    2Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.