2 Corinthians 9:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find out that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking. ⁵ Therefore, I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me, to make arrangements in advance for this gift you promised, and to have it ready as something given generously and not forced.

⁶ Remember^[a] this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.