5Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before, and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness.
2 Corinthians 9 continues Paul's appeal for the collection for the Jerusalem church, shifting from the motivation of the previous chapter to the theology of cheerful giving. Paul urges the Corinthians to follow through on their earlier enthusiasm, not reluctantly but as a deliber
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