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Andδέrememberthis:Τοῦτοthe one who sowsὁ σπείρωνsparinglyφειδομένωςwill alsoκαὶreapθερίσειsparingly,φειδομένωςandκαὶthe one who sowsὁ σπείρωνwithἐπ’blessingsεὐλογίαιςwill alsoκαὶreapθερίσειwithἐπ’blessings.εὐλογίαις
2 Corinthians 9:6
Study it in the app“And remember this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows with blessings will also reap with blessings.”
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With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 9:6, word by word
- the one who sowsσπείρωνspeirōn
sow
Sow.
Where else “speirōn” appears- sparinglyφειδομένωςpheidomenōs
sparingly
Sparingly, giving little, with a closed hand.
Where else “pheidomenōs” appears- reapθερίσειtherisei
reap fruit
To receive the fruit of what one has sown.
Where else “therisei” appears- blessingsεὐλογίαιςeulogiais
blessing
The good God gives, or a generous gift.
Where else “eulogiais” appears
Translation note
“With blessings”: the same word as in 9:5; it can be understood as “generously.”
The context
5So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance your previously promised blessing, so that this may be ready in this way: as a blessing and not as greed.
6 · This verse (above)
7Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not out of grief or out of compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.