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Sapagkat patungkol sa paglilingkod sa mga banal ay kinakailangang sumulat ako sa inyo. Ito ay sapagkat alam ko ang pananabik ninyo na siya kong ipinagmamalaki sa mga taga-Macedonia na kayong mga taga-Acaya ay handa na noon pang isang taon. At ang inyong pagsusumigasig ay pumukaw sa marami. Isinugo ko ang mga kapatid nang hindi mawalang saysay ang aking pagmamalaki sa inyo patungkol sa bagay na ito. Ayon sa aking sinabi: Kayo ay maging handa. Baka sumama sa akin ang ilan sa mga taga-Macedonia at makita kayong hindi handa, mapapahiya kami, sa tiyak na pagmamalaking ito. Kahit nalalaman naming maaaring higit kayong mapahiya sa bagay na ito. Kaya nga, naisip kong kinakailangang ipamanhik sa mga kapatid na mauna na sa pagpunta sa inyo. Isinugo ko sila upang ihanda ang inyong ipinangakong pagpapala at hindi sapilitang kaloob.

Masaganang Paghahasik

Ito ang sinasabi ko: Ang naghahasik ng kaunti ay aani naman ng kaunti. Ang naghahasik nang sagana ay aani naman nang sagana.

Magbigay ang bawat isa ayon sa ipinasya ng kaniyang puso, hindi sa kalungkutan o sa pangangailangan sapagkat iniibig ng Diyos ang nagbibigay ng masaya. Magagawa ng Diyos na pasaganain sa inyo ang bawat biyaya upang sa lahat ng paraan ay magkaroon kayo ng kasapatan at sumagana kayo sa bawat mabuting gawa. Ayon sa nasusulat:

Namamahagi siya sa malalayong dako, nag­bigay siya sa mga mahihirap. Ang kaniyang katuwiran ay mananatili magpakailanman.

10 Ang nagbibigay ng binhi sa manghahasik at nagbibigay ng tinapay na makakain ay siya ring magpaparami ng inyong ani. Pararamihin din niya ang bunga ng inyong katuwiran. 11 Sa lahat ng bagay ay payayamanin niya kayo sa inyong matapat na pagbibigay. Ito ay magdudulot sa amin ng pagpapasalamat sa Diyos.

12 Ang paglilingkod na ito ng pagbibigay ay hindi lang nagpupuno sa pangangailangan ng mga banal. Ito rin ay sumasagana sa pamamagitan ng maraming pagpapasalamat sa Diyos. 13 Sa pamamagitan ng katibayan ng paglilingkod na ito sila ay lumuluwalhati sa Diyos dahil sa inyong pagpapahayag ng inyong pagpapasakop sa ebanghelyo ni Cristo. At ito ay dahil na rin sa inyong pakikipag-isa sa matapat na pagbibigay para sa kanila at para sa lahat. 14 Lumuluwalhati sila sa Diyos sa panalanging may paghiling para sa inyo, sila na nananabik sa inyo dahil sa nakakahigit na biyaya ng Diyos sa inyo. 15 Ang pasasalamat ay sa Diyos dahil sa kaniyang hindi maipaliwanag na kaloob.

There is no need(A) for me to write to you about this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) For I know your eagerness to help,(D) and I have been boasting(E) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year(F) you in Achaia(G) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. But I am sending the brothers(H) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.(I) For if any Macedonians(J) come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(K) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(L) not as one grudgingly given.(M)

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(N) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(O) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(P) for God loves a cheerful giver.(Q) And God is able(R) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(S) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(T) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](U)

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(V) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(W) 11 You will be enriched(X) in every way so that you can be generous(Y) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(Z)

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs(AA) of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.(AB) 13 Because of the service(AC) by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God(AD) for the obedience that accompanies your confession(AE) of the gospel of Christ,(AF) and for your generosity(AG) in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God(AH) for his indescribable gift!(AI)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9

The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem

Now (A)it is superfluous for me to write to you about (B)the ministry for the saints, for I know your readiness, (C)of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready (D)since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. But (E)I am sending[a] the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, (F)as I said you would be. Otherwise, if some Macedonians (G)come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the (H)gift[b] you have promised, so that it may be ready (I)as a willing gift, (J)not as an exaction.[c]

The Cheerful Giver

The point is this: (K)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[d] will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, (L)not reluctantly or under compulsion, for (M)God loves a cheerful giver. And (N)God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency[e] in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. As it is written,

(O)“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever.”

10 He who supplies (P)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and (Q)increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 (R)You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which (S)through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying (T)the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, (U)they[f] will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your (V)confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 (W)Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:3 Or I have sent
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Greek blessing; twice in this verse
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Or a gift expecting something in return; Greek greed
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:8 Or all contentment
  6. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or you