4 You will see to it that what I have spoken about you has not been spoken in vain, that when they come, I may not be found to have boasted of you to no purpose, and that I, not to say yourselves, may have no reason to be ashamed.
5 I told them they would find you ready, and that there was no idea in your minds that this fund was a requisition, but that it stood for a blessing. These were the words with which I sped them on their way.
6 I will say but this, that to sow plentifully is to reap plentifully, and that a niggard spirit will never receive a blessing for that which was not given as a blessing.
7 “God loveth a cheerful giver” (Prov. xxii. 8). He can make you abound in everything that is good.
8 He can give you that self-reliance and competency within and without which will accomplish everything good.
9 “He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever” (Ps. cxii. 9).
10 It is He who supplies “the seed to the sower, and the bread to the eater” (Is. lv. 10).