God Loves a Cheerful Giver
(1 Corinthians 16:1–4)
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you. Gal 6:101Th 4:9-102Co 8:4-151Th 5:12Co 9:12-14Gal 2:101Jn 2:271Sa 20:23 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise. 2Co 8:102Co 8:82Co 8:241Co 16:15Heb 10:241Th 1:72Co 1:12Co 7:4
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said. 2Co 8:61Co 16:1-42Co 7:142Co 8:17-242Co 9:4-5Tit 3:1 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. 2Co 11:172Co 8:1-52Co 8:242Co 9:2Rom 15:26 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly. 1Sa 25:27Gen 33:11Php 4:171Co 16:21Sa 30:262Co 12:17-182Co 8:62Ki 5:15
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Pro 11:24-25Luk 6:38Pro 22:9Pro 19:172Co 9:10Gal 6:7-9Heb 6:10Pro 11:18 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. 1 2Co 8:12Act 20:351Ch 29:17Exo 25:2Pro 11:25Deu 15:7-11Pro 22:91Pe 4:9 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. Eph 3:20Php 4:18-19Pro 10:22Mal 3:10Hag 2:8Pro 28:27Psa 84:11Pro 3:9 As it is written: Psa 112:9Psa 112:3Pro 21:21Gal 5:5-6Pro 8:18Isa 51:81Co 13:13
“He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.” 2
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. Isa 55:10Hos 10:122Co 9:6Ecc 11:61Th 3:12Pro 11:18Mat 6:1Php 1:11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God. 1Ti 6:17-181Ch 29:12-142Co 4:152Co 9:122Co 1:11Pro 3:9-102Co 8:192Co 8:2-3 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God. 2Co 8:14-15Phm 1:4-7Php 2:251Jn 3:17Jas 2:14-162Co 8:4Php 4:18-192Co 1:11
Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others. Heb 13:16Mat 5:162Co 2:12Gal 1:241Pe 2:91Pe 4:111Ti 6:122Co 10:5 And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 1Ti 1:14Php 4:12Ti 1:16-182Co 8:12Co 8:6-7Php 1:8Php 4:18-19Rom 1:11 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! 2Co 2:14Eph 5:20Jhn 3:16Rom 8:32Jas 1:171Co 15:57Rev 4:91Jn 5:11-12