009:010 And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.
009:011 May you be abundantly enriched so as to show all liberality, such as through our instrumentality brings thanksgiving to God.
009:012 For the service rendered in this sacred gift not only helps to relieve the wants of God's people, but it is also rich in its results and awakens a chorus of thanksgiving to God.
009:013 For, by the practical proof of it which you exhibit in this service, you cause God to be extolled for your fidelity to your professed adherence to the Good News of the Christ, and for the liberality of your contributions for them and for all who are in need,
009:014 while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which is resting upon you.
009:015 Thanks be to God for His unspeakably precious gift!
010:001 But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and
self-forgetfulness of Christ—I who when among you have not
an imposing personal presence, but when absent am fearlessly
outspoken in dealing with you.
010:002 I beseech you not to compel me when present to make a bold
display of the confidence with which I reckon I shall show
my `courage' against some who reckon that we are guided
by worldly principles.
010:003 For, though we are still living in the world, it is no worldly
warfare that we are waging.
010:004 The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons,
but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses.