Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. New Living Translation For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. English Standard Version He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Berean Standard Bible Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. Berean Literal Bible Now the One supplying seed to the one sowing and bread for food will supply and will multiply your seed for sowing and will increase the fruits of your righteousness, King James Bible 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;) New King James Version Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, New American Standard Bible Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; NASB 1995 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; NASB 1977 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; Legacy Standard Bible Now He who supplies SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD FOR FOOD will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness; Amplified Bible Now He who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed for sowing [that is, your resources] and increase the harvest of your righteousness [which shows itself in active goodness, kindness, and love]. Christian Standard Bible Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. American Standard Version And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: Aramaic Bible in Plain English But he who gives seed to the sower and bread for food, he shall give and multiply your seed and increase the fruit of your righteousness, Contemporary English Version God gives seed to farmers and provides everyone with food. He will increase what you have, so you can give even more to those in need. Douay-Rheims Bible And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice: English Revised Version And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: GOD'S WORD® Translation God gives seed to the farmer and food to those who need to eat. God will also give you seed and multiply it. In your lives he will increase the things you do that have his approval. Good News Translation And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity. International Standard Version Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness. Literal Standard Version and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, Majority Standard Bible Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. New American Bible The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. NET Bible Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. New Revised Standard Version He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. New Heart English Bible Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; Webster's Bible Translation Now may 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;) Weymouth New Testament And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest. World English Bible 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, Young's Literal Translation and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Loves a Cheerful Giver…9As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” 10Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.… Cross References Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. 2 Corinthians 9:12 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God. Galatians 3:5 Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe? Treasury of Scripture Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) he. Genesis 1:11,12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so… Genesis 47:19,23,24 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate… Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: multiply. 2 Corinthians 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Proverbs 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. increase. Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Jump to Previous Abundant Almsgiving Bread Care Cause Continually Eating Enlarge Field Food Fruits Gives Growth Harvest Increase Minister Ministereth Multiply Plentiful Putting Resources Righteousness Seed Sower Sowing Sown Store Supplies Supply Supplying Time YieldJump to Next Abundant Almsgiving Bread Care Cause Continually Eating Enlarge Field Food Fruits Gives Growth Harvest Increase Minister Ministereth Multiply Plentiful Putting Resources Righteousness Seed Sower Sowing Sown Store Supplies Supply Supplying Time Yield2 Corinthians 9 1. He yields the reason why he sent Titus and his brothers beforehand.6. And he proceeds in stirring them up to a bountiful alms, as being but a kind of sowing of seed, 10. which shall return a great increase to them, 13. and occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God. (10) Now he that ministereth seed to the sower.--Better, he that giveth bounteously. The Greek verb (epichoregein) has a somewhat interesting history. Originally it expressed the act of one who undertook to defray the expenses of the chorus of a Greek theatre. As this was an act of somewhat stately generosity, the verb got a wider range, and was applied to any such act, and was so transferred in like manner by the Apostle, probably, as far as we can trace, for the first time, to the divine bounty. It may be noted that it was not so used by the LXX. translators. The word indeed occurs but once in that version, in Ecclesiasticus 25:22 ("if a woman maintain her husband"). In its higher sense it becomes a somewhat favourite word with St. Paul (Galatians 3:5; Colossians 2:19), and is used by St. Peter (2Peter 1:5; 2Peter 1:11) after he had become acquainted with St. Paul's Epistles, and possibly enriched his vocabulary through them. The phrase "seed to the sower" occurs, with a different verb, in Isaiah 55:10. In the words that follow, "the fruits of righteousness," there is an obvious reminiscence of Hosea 10:12, and Amos 6:12. The phrase occurs again in Philippians 1:11. The construction, according to the better MSS., varies somewhat from that of the Authorised version. He that bounteously giveth seed to the sower and bread for food (the beneficence of God thought of, as shown both in seed-time and harvest) shall give bounteously, and multiply your seed, and increase the produce of your righteousness. "Righteousness" is taken, as before, as specially presented under the aspect of alms-giving. . . . Verse 10. - He that ministereth. The verb used is epichoregein, to furnish abundantly. At Athens a choragus was one who furnished a chorus, and as this was a leitourgia (or "public service"), involving great expense, and often discharged with extreme munificence, the verb came to imply "provide abundantly." St. Paul may (so to speak) have "picked up the word" at Athens. Seed to the sower (Isaiah 55:10). Both minister. The true reading almost certainly is "will both supply bread for food, and will multiply your seed for sowing, and will increase the fruits of your righteousness" (see Isaiah 55:10, LXX.). The fruits of your righteousness (Hosea 10:12, LXX.). In "righteousness," as in all things else, it is God only who "gives the increase" (1 Corinthians 3:10).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Nowδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. He who Ὁ (Ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. supplies ἐπιχορηγῶν (epichorēgōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2023: From epi and choregeo; to furnish besides, i.e. Fully supply, aid or contribute. seed σπόρον (sporon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 4703: Seed for sowing. From speiro; a scattering, i.e. seed. to the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sower σπείροντι (speironti) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. bread ἄρτον (arton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. for εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. food βρῶσιν (brōsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1035: (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food. will supply χορηγήσει (chorēgēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5524: To furnish abundantly, supply. From a compound of choros and ago; to be a dance-leader, i.e. to furnish. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. multiply πληθυνεῖ (plēthynei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4129: To increase, multiply. From another form of plethos; to increase. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. store of seed σπόρον (sporon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 4703: Seed for sowing. From speiro; a scattering, i.e. seed. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. will increase αὐξήσει (auxēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 837: (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. harvest γενήματα (genēmata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 1081: Offspring, child, fruit. From gennao; offspring; by analogy, produce. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. righteousness. δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosynēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification. Links 2 Corinthians 9:10 NIV2 Corinthians 9:10 NLT 2 Corinthians 9:10 ESV 2 Corinthians 9:10 NASB 2 Corinthians 9:10 KJV 2 Corinthians 9:10 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 9:10 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 9:10 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 9:10 French Bible 2 Corinthians 9:10 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now may he who supplies seed (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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