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Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
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Giving is Sowing, Not Losing
Commentators unanimously highlight Paul's agricultural metaphor. Giving away money can feel like a loss, just as a farmer scatters valuable seed on the ground. However, Paul reframes this act as "sowing." It is an investment made in faith, expecting a future harvest from God. What seems lost is actually planted for future increase.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But this I say. This I say in order to induce you to give liberally. This I say to prevent your supposing that because it is to be a volun…
Sparingly (φειδομενως). Late and rare adverb made from the present middle participle φειδομενος from φειδομα, to spare. It occurs …
19th Century
Anglican
He which soweth sparingly . . .—It is interesting to note the occurrence of this thought in another Epistle of this perio…
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To emphasize the rewards of generous giving (v.5), Paul cites what appears to be a proverb (v.6): “scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing,…
16th Century
Protestant
Now the case is this: He now commends alms-giving through a beautiful similitude, comparing it to sowing. For in sowing, the seed is cast …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But this I say This the apostle would have the Corinthians take notice of, and well consider, it being what he could…
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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
After exhorting the Corinthians to give alms to the saints in Jerusalem, the Apostle now admonishes them on how to give: namely, cheerfully and abu…
