1Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

2For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians: Macedonia was a Roman province in the northern area of modern Greece. Ac 16:9 “Achaia Achaia was the Roman province, south of Macedonia, where Corinth was located. Ac 18:12 has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal Nm 25:13 has stirred up most of them. 2Co 8:18; 12:18

3But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said.

4For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be embarrassed in that situation. Or in this confidence

5Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift Ac 11:30 you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion. Eph 5:3

6Remember this: Lit And this The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

7Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves Lk 6:35; Jn 3:16; 12:43; 2Th 2:13; Rv 12:11 a cheerful giver.

8And God is able Eph 3:20 to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

9As it is written: