2 Corinthians 9:1-5
Motivations for Giving
1 Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.
2 For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians:(a)(A) “Achaia(b)(B) has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal(C) has stirred up most of them.(D)
3 But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said.
4 For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be embarrassed in that situation.(c)
5 Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift(E) you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.(F)
Footnotes:
a.
2 Corinthians 9:2: Macedonia was a Roman province in the northern area of modern Greece.
b.
2 Corinthians 9:2: Achaia was the Roman province, south of Macedonia, where Corinth was located.
c.
2 Corinthians 9:4: Or in this confidence