¹³ For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness ¹⁴ your abundance at the present time should supply ^(A)their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. ¹⁵ As it is written, ^(B)“Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”

The Cheerful Giver

⁶ The point is this: ^(A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully^[a] will also reap bountifully.

¹⁰ He who supplies ^(A)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and ^(B)increase the harvest of your righteousness. ^11 (C)You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which ^(D)through us will produce thanksgiving to God.