2 Corinthians 9:5-11 Therefore I was careful to request these my brethren, to go before me unto you, that they might make up this benefaction, of which ye were advised long before to have it ready, as being a benefaction, and not a matter of cupidity.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Therefore I was careful to request these my brethren, to go before me unto you, that they might make up this benefaction, of which ye were advised long before to have it ready, as being a benefaction, and not a matter of cupidity. ⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver. ⁸ For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work. ⁹ As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever. ¹⁰ Now he that giveth seed to the sower, and bread for food, may he give and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: ¹¹ so that in every thing, ye may be enriched unto all liberality, to the completion of our thanksgiving to God.