Offerings Without the Beg and Plead

From a letter written by the apostle Paul (Saul),

with Timothy (Timotheus) 

to believers in Corinth and the surrounding regions,

years after

Jesus the Christ, the Son of God,

was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried

in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over

500 people, and returned to heaven:

 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Kings James Version (KJV) 

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.-2 Corinthians 9:6-15(KJV)

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 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 New King James Version (NKJV) 

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.-2 Corinthians 9:6-15(NKJV)

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 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 New International Version ( NIV) 

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: "They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever." Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!-2 Corinthians 9:6-15(NIV) 

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 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Berean Standard Bible 

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 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. 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. As it is written: "He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." Now 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. You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God. For this ministry of service is not only supporting the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. Because of the proof of 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. And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!-2 Corinthians 9:6-15(Berean Standard Bible)

Reference Information:

abound = perisseusai/perisseuo/perissos = be in abundance, overflow, excel

administration = diakonia = ministry, service

bountifully = eulogiais/eulogia/eulogeo = in blessings, with blessings

bountifulness = haploteta/haplotes/haplous = generosity, liberality, singleness, sincerity

cheerful = hilaron/hilaros/hileos = joyful

experiment = dokimes/dokime/dokimos = proof, proving, approval

grudgingly = lypes/lupe = regret, distress, grief, sorrow, pain

long = epipothounton/epipotheo = longing, yearn

minister = epichoregon/epichoregeo = supplying, provide, lavishly furnish

ministration = diakonias/diakonia/diakonos = service, ministry

necessity = anankes/anagke = compulsion, distress, hardship

unspeakable = anekdiegeto/anekdiegetos = indescribable, inexpressible

want = hysteremata/husterema/hustereo = needs, lack, deficiency

Reference Scripture:

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.-Psalm 112:9  

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Faintly and Wearily

Proverbs Chapter 26 consists of 28 verses,

verses 13-16 are listed below:

13.The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

14.As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

15.The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

16.The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

 Background Information: 

The majority of the divinely inspired proverbs in the Book of Proverbs in the Holy Bible are widely regarded to have been written by King Solomon, the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Solomon was known for speaking 3,000 proverbs. Solomon's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. During Hezekiah's 29-year reign, the proverbs spoken by Solomon were diligently transcribed.  Some other proverbs reveal:

-Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:-Proverbs 6:6...How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?-Proverbs 6:9

-As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.-Proverbs 10:26

-The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.-Proverbs 12:24...The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.-Proverbs 12:27

-The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.-Proverbs 13:4

-The way of a slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.-Proverbs 15:19

-He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.-Proverbs 18:9

-Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.-Proverbs 19:15...A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.-Proverbs 19:24

-The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.-Proverbs 20:4

-The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.-Proverbs 21:25

-The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.-Proverbs 22:13

-I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.-Proverbs 24:30-31

Reference Information:

bosom = bassallahat = tsallachath/tselachah = bowl, dish

conceit = beenaw = ayin = eyes

grieveth = nilah = la'ah = wearies, exhausted, impatient

hideth = taman = buries, conceals

reason = taam = sensibly

render = mesibe = shuwb = answer, return

slothful = asel/atsel = lazy, sluggish, idle

sluggard = asel/atsel = lazy, idle

Reference Scriptures:

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.-Proverbs 10:1

The book for the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Enos, which was the song Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38

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Every Body from Here and There

Jesus the Christ, the Son of God,

after Jesus sent his 12 disciples and

apostles on a mission, and Herod Antipas

the tetrarch heard of Jesus, and the 

disciples and apostles returned to 

Jesus, and over 5,000 people were

fed from only 5 loaves and 2 fish:

And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.-Mark 6:43-56

Reference Scriptures:

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.-Matthew 4:23-24

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.-Matthew 9:20-22

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.-Matthew 14:25-27...And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.-Matthew 14:35-36

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.-Matthew 15:30-31

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.-Mark 3:7-10

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And  Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?-Mark 5:25-30...And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.-Mark 5:34

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.-Luke 5:12-15

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.-Luke 6:17-19

And a woman having a issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.-Luke 8:43-44...And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.-Luke 8:48

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