2 Corinthians 9:5-9 That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you. ⁶ Mark this: he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows generously will reap a generous harvest. ⁷ Everyone is to give what he has made up his mind to give; there is to be no grudging or compulsion about it, for God loves the giver who gives cheerfully. ⁸ God is able to bless you with ample means, so that you may always have quite enough for any emergency of your own and ample besides for any kind act to others; ⁹ as it is written, He scatters his gifts to the poor broadcast, his charity lasts for ever.