2 Corinthians 9:3-7

2 Corinthians 9:3-7. Yet have I sent the brethren Above mentioned before me; lest our boasting of you should be in vain Lest you should be found unprepared. To make up beforehand To complete before my arrival; your bounty Or gift; whereof ye had notice before Greek, την προκατηγγελμενην , spoken of before, namely, by me to the Macedonians. Or, as some understand the expression, formerly announced to the saints in Judea. That the same might be ready When I come; as a bounty Or free gift, willingly bestowed; and not as of covetousness

A thing extorted, or wrung by importunity from covetous persons. But this I say This I wish you to keep in mind as an important declaration; He who soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly, &c. A general rule: God will proportion the reward to the work, and the temper whence it proceeds. Every man as he purposeth, &c. As he finds himself inclined from his own bountiful disposition, and not as being constrained thereto by me or any other; not grudgingly Εκ λυπης , from grief, as if he were sorry to part with his money; or of necessity Because he is ashamed to refuse. For In matters of charity; God loveth a cheerful giver Nor can that be acceptable to him which is given with reluctance and by constraint.