2 Corinthians 9:2-6
2 Corinthians 9:2
for I know your willingness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
2 Corinthians 9:3
But I have sent the brothers, in order that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you will be prepared;
2 Corinthians 9:4
otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to mention you—would be put to shame by this confidence.
2 Corinthians 9:5
So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers that they go on ahead to you and arrange in advance your previously promised generous gift, that the same would be ready as a generous gift, and not as one grudgingly given due to greediness.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.