2 Corinthians 9:5-11 Therefore I thought necessary to beseech the brethren that they go before to you, and prepare beforehand your praise, having been proclaimed beforehand, this same to be prepared, so as praise, and not as covetousness.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Therefore I thought necessary to beseech the brethren that they go before to you, and prepare beforehand your praise, having been proclaimed beforehand, this same to be prepared, so as praise, and not as covetousness. ⁶ And this, He sowing sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he sowing in praises shall reap also in praises. ⁷ Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God able for all grace to abound in you; having always all sufficiency in everything, ye abound in every good work: ⁹ (As has been written, He scattered; he gave to the poor: his justice remains forever. ¹⁰ And now he furnishing seed to him sowing, and bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing-season, and increase the fruits of your justice;) ¹¹ Enriched in everything in all simplicity, which works through us gratitude to God.