So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly. Cross References Genesis 33:11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. Judges 1:15 "Give me a blessing," she answered. "Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. 2 Corinthians 9:3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 12:17 Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you? Philippians 4:17 Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account. Treasury of Scripture Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they would go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof you had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. and make. 2 Corinthians 8:6 1 Corinthians 16:2 bounty. Genesis 33:11 1 Samuel 25:27 1 Samuel 30:26 whereof ye had notice before. |