Text -- 2 Corinthians 9:9-15 (NET)

9:9 Just as it is written, “He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” 9:10 Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, 9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 9:13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. 9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. 9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Co 9:9

¹ sn He in the quotation refers to the righteous person.

² sn A quotation from Ps 112:9.

NET Notes: 2Co 9:10

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Co 9:11

¹ tn Grk “in every way for every generosity,” or “he will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times” (L&N 57.29).

NET Notes: 2Co 9:12

¹ tn Or “not only supplying.”

NET Notes: 2Co 9:13

¹ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

² tn Or “ministry.”

³ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

NET Notes: 2Co 9:14

¹ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

NET Notes: 2Co 9:15

¹ tn “Let us thank God for his gift which cannot be described with words” (L&N 33.202).