2 Corinthians 9:10 - Exposition

He that ministereth. The verb used is epichoregein, to furnish abundantly. At Athens a choragus was one who furnished a chorus, and as this was a leitourgia (or "public service"), involving great expense, and often discharged with extreme munificence, the verb came to imply "provide abundantly." St. Paul may (so to speak) have "picked up the word" at Athens. Seed to the sower ( Isaiah 55:10 ). Both minister. The true reading almost certainly is " will both supply bread for food, and will multiply your seed for sowing, and will increase the fruits of your righteousness" (see Isaiah 55:10 , LXX .). The fruits of your righteousness ( Hosea 10:12 , LXX .). In "righteousness," as in all things else, it is God only who "gives the increase" ( 1 Corinthians 3:10 ).