BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY

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Therefore I thought it necessary to

exhort the brethren, that they would

go before unto you, and make up

beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had

notice before, that the same might

be ready, as a matter of bounty, and

not as of covetousness. But this I say,

He which soweth sparingly shall reap

also sparingly; and he which soweth

bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Every man according as he purposeth in

his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly,

or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful

giver. And God is able to make all grace

abound toward you; that ye, always having

all sufficiency in all things, may abound

to every good work:  (As it is written, He hath

dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor:

his righteousness remaineth for ever.  Now

he that ministereth seed to the sower both

minister bread for your food, and multiply

your seed sown, and increase the fruits of

your righteousness;) Being enriched in every

thing to all bountifulness, which causeth

through us thanksgiving to God.
For the administration of this service not

on supplieth the want of the saints, but is

abundant also by many thanksgivings

unto God;  Whiles by the experiment of

this ministration they glorify God for your

professed subjection unto the gospel of

Christ, and for your liberal distribution

unto them, and unto all men;  And by

their prayer for you, which long after you

for the exceeding grace of God in you.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable

gift.

II Corinthians 9:5-15