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Насърчение за събиране на помощи

Смятам за излишно да ви пиша за подпомагането на вярващите, (A)защото зная вашата готовност, заради която се хваля с вас пред братята от Македония, че Ахая вече от година е готова и вашето усърдие подбуди повечето от тях. Изпратих и братята, за да не би нашата похвала за вас да се окаже напразна в този случай, но както бях казал, да бъдете подготвени. Все пак, ако с мене дойдат хора от Македония и ви намерят неподготвени, ще се посрамим ние, след като толкова сме ви хвалили, а да не говоря за вас. Затова сметнах за нужно да помоля братята да дойдат при вас по-рано и да подготвят събирането на предварително обявените ваши помощи, за да са готови. Но нека са плод на щедрост, а не на скъперничество.

(B)Помнете това: който сее оскъдно, оскъдно и ще пожъне, а който сее щедро, щедро и ще пожъне. Всеки да отделя, колкото му дава сърцето, без да му се свиди или да го принуждават, защото Бог обича онзи, който дава на драго сърце. А Бог е силен да умножи у вас всеки дар, за да имате винаги във всичко пълна задоволеност и да бъдете щедри във всяко добро дело, (C)както е писано: „Пръсна, раздаде на сиромаси – праведността му пребъдва вечно.“ 10 (D)А Онзи, Който дава семе на сеяча и хляб за храна, дано даде и преумножи посятото от вас и да наспори плодовете на вашето благодеяние, 11 та да бъдете богати във всичко и да проявявате голяма щедрост, която чрез нас ще предизвика благодарност към Бога. 12 (E)Защото извършването на това служение не само посреща нуждите на вярващите, но също така дава повод за много благодарности към Бога. 13 И те, като се ползват от това благодеяние, прославят Бога за това, че вие изповядвате покорство към Христовото благовестие и проявявате щедрост към тях и към всички. 14 Те ще се молят за вас, понеже много ви обичат заради изобилната благодат, която Бог ви е дал. 15 Нека благодарим на Бога за неизразимия Му дар!

There is no need(A) for me to write to you about this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) For I know your eagerness to help,(D) and I have been boasting(E) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year(F) you in Achaia(G) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. But I am sending the brothers(H) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.(I) For if any Macedonians(J) come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(K) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(L) not as one grudgingly given.(M)

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(N) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(O) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(P) for God loves a cheerful giver.(Q) And God is able(R) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(S) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(T) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](U)

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(V) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(W) 11 You will be enriched(X) in every way so that you can be generous(Y) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(Z)

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs(AA) of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.(AB) 13 Because of the service(AC) by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God(AD) for the obedience that accompanies your confession(AE) of the gospel of Christ,(AF) and for your generosity(AG) in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God(AH) for his indescribable gift!(AI)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

For (A)it is superfluous for me to write to you about this (B)ministry to the [a]saints; for I know your readiness, of which I (C)boast about you to the (D)Macedonians, that (E)Achaia has been prepared since (F)last year, and your zeal stirred up most of them. But I have sent the brothers, in order that our (G)boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, so that, (H)as I was saying, you may be prepared; lest if any (I)Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to speak of you—be put to shame in this certainty of ours. So I regarded it necessary to encourage the (J)brothers that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised (K)blessing, so that the same would be ready as a (L)blessing and not as a [b](M)begrudging obligation.

Now this I say, (N)he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows with blessing will also reap with blessing. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not (O)grudgingly or under compulsion, for (P)God loves a cheerful giver. And (Q)God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in everything at every time having every sufficiency, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written,

(R)He scattered abroad, he gave to the needy,
His righteousness [c]stands forever.”

10 Now He who supplies (S)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and (T)increase the harvest of your righteousness; 11 you will be (U)enriched in everything for all generosity, which through us is bringing about (V)thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying (W)the needs of the [d]saints, but is also abounding (X)through many thanksgivings to God. 13 Because of the proven character given by this (Y)ministry, they will (Z)glorify God for your obedience to your (AA)confession of the (AB)gospel of Christ and for the [e]generosity of your [f]fellowship toward them and toward all, 14 while they also, by prayer on your behalf, long for you because of the surpassing grace of God on you. 15 [g](AC)Thanks be to God for His indescribable (AD)gift!

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:1 Or holy ones
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit covetousness
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Lit abides
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:12 Or holy ones
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or simplicity; without false motives
  6. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or sharing, cf. Rom 15:26
  7. 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lit Grace; with gratitude