9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution 1 you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift 2 and not as something you feel forced to do. 3 9:6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously 4 will also reap generously.
1 tnGrk “the blessing.”
2 tnGrk “a blessing.”
3 tnGrk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.
4 tn Or “bountifully”; so also in the next occurrence in the verse.