And God is able to make all [a]grace to abound toward you, that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in [b]every good work,

((A)As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath given to the poor: his benevolence remaineth for [c]ever.

10 Also he that findeth seed to the sower, will minister likewise bread for food, and multiply your seed, and increase the [d]fruits of your benevolence.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:8 All God’s bountiful liberality.
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:8 To help others by all means possible, in doing them good in their necessities.
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Is everlasting: Now David speaketh of a man that feareth God, and loveth his neighbor, who shall never want (saith he) to give to others.
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:10 There is none so good an inheritance to the godly, as bountifulness is.

16 [a]Redeeming the season: for the [b]days are evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:16 This is a metaphor taken from the merchants: who prefer the least profit that may be, before all their pleasures.
  2. Ephesians 5:16 The times are troublesome and sharp.

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