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each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

and God [is] able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(A) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(B) for God loves a cheerful giver.(C) And God is able(D) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(E) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(F) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9