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2 Corinthians 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly…
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”
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The verses around 2 Corinthians 9:6.
4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5Therefore 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.
6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8And 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:
Verse explanation
He introduces a simple farming principle for giving: whoever sows sparingly reaps sparingly; whoever sows generously reaps generously — an analogy to encourage generosity.
From the 2 Corinthians 9 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Corinthians 9:6 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E digo isto: Que o que semeia pouco, pouco tambem ceifará; e o que semeia em abundancia, em abundancia tambem ceifará.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
[Digo] , porém isto, que o que semeia pouco, também pouco colherá; e o que semeia generosamente, também generosamente colherá.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Quisiera recordarles esto: Si siembran poco, cosecharán poco; pero si siembran con abundancia, cosecharán abundancia.
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