Seconda lettera ai Corinzi 9

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Nam de ministerio, quod fit in sanctos, superfluum est mihi scriberevobis;	1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 scio enim promptum animum vestrum, pro quo de vobis glorior apudMacedonas, quoniam Achaia parata est ab anno praeterito, et vestra aemulatioprovocavit plurimos.	2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
3 Misi autem fratres, ut ne, quod gloriamur de vobis,evacuetur in hac parte, ut, quemadmodum dixi, parati sitis,	3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 ne, cum venerintmecum Macedones et invenerint vos imparatos, erubescamus nos, ut non dicam vos,in hac substantia.	4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5 Necessarium ergo existimavi rogare fratres, ut praeveniantad vos et praeparent repromissam benedictionem vestram, ut haec sit parata sicquasi benedictio, non quasi avaritia.	5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6 Hoc autem: qui parce seminat, parce et metet; et, qui seminat inbenedictionibus, in benedictionibus et metet.	6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Unusquisque prout destinavitcorde suo, non ex tristitia aut ex necessitate; hilarem enim datorem diligitDeus.	7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 Potens est autem Deus omnem gratiam abundare facere in vobis, ut, inomnibus semper omnem sufficientiam habentes, abundetis in omne opus bonum,	8 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:
9 sicut scriptum est: “ Dispersit, dedit pauperibus; iustitia eius manet in aeternum ”.	9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Qui autem administrat semen seminanti, et panem ad manducandum praestabit etmultiplicabit semen vestrum et augebit incrementa frugum iustitiae vestrae.	10 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;)
11 In omnibus locupletati in omnem simplicitatem, quae operatur per nos gratiarumactionem Deo	11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12 — quoniam ministerium huius officii non solum supplet ea, quaedesunt sanctis, sed etiam abundat per multas gratiarum actiones Deo —	12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 perprobationem ministerii huius glorificantes Deum in oboedientia confessionisvestrae in evangelium Christi et simplicitate communionis in illos et in omnes,	13 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;
14 et ipsorum obsecratione pro vobis, desiderantium vos propter eminentemgratiam Dei in vobis.	14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Gratias Deo super inenarrabili dono eius.	15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.