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Otherwise, if any Macedonians come along with me and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be ashamed of this confidence.[a] That is why I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance, and to arrange ahead of time the expression of praise that you previously promised, so that it may be ready as an expression of praise, not of grudging selfishness.

This is what I mean: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. The one who sows generously[b] will also reap generously.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:4 Some witnesses to the text read ashamed of this confident boasting.
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Literally on the basis of blessings