The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’ And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;
This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.
What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
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