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Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
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God is the Source of Generosity
Commentators unanimously identify God as the ultimate source of all resources. The verse uses a farming analogy: just as God provides the seed for the sower and the resulting bread, He also provides believers with the financial means to be generous. Our ability to give is itself a gift from Him.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower. This is an expression of an earnest wish. In the previous verses, he had stated the promises or…
Supplieth (επιχορηγων). Late Koine compound verb from επ and χορηγεω, just below (1 Peter 4:11). Χορηγος is old…
19th Century
Anglican
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower.—Better, he that gives bounteously. The Greek verb (epichorêgein
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In v.6 Paul observed that the person who sows sparingly will reap a meager harvest. Now he develops the imagery of sowing and reaping to reinforce …
16th Century
Protestant
He that supplieth. A beautiful circumlocution, in place of the term God, and full of consolation. For the person who sows seed in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower, and bread for your food For so the words o…
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Money given in charity may seem to the carnal mind to be thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the Apostle gives the reason for the three ways of giving. In this regard, he does two things. First, he assigns the reason on the givers' pa…
