God Loves a Cheerful Giver

9 For ^(A)it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ^(B)ministry to the ^[a]saints; ² 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. ³ 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; ⁴ 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. ⁵ 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.