2 Corinthians 9:4-6

Lexham English Bible

⁴ lest somehow if Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to speak of you^[a]—would be humiliated in connection with this project. ⁵ Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted.

⁶ Now the point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.