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¹I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.#9:1 Greek about the offering for God’s holy people. ²For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece#9:2 Greek in Achaia, the southern region of the Greek peninsula. Macedonia was in the northern region of Greece. were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving. ³But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I don’t want to be wrong in my boasting about you. ⁴We would be embarrassed—not to mention your own embarrassment—if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you weren’t ready after all I had told them! ⁵So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly. ⁶Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. ⁷You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”#9:7 See footnote on Prov 22:8.