^{5 Ref} I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

^{6 Ref} But this `I say,' He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

^{7 Ref} `Let' each man `do' according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

^{8 Ref} And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

^{9 Ref} as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.