2Cor 9:1-5 | ESV | STEP | Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints ,

2 Corinthians 9:1-5

The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem

1 Now ^ait is superfluous for me to write to you about ^bthe ministry for the saints, 2 for I know your readiness, ^cof which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready ^dsince last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3 But ^eI am sending ^{▼▼Or I have sent} the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, ^gas I said you would be. 4 Otherwise, if some Macedonians ^hcome with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. 5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the ⁱgift ^{▼▼Greek blessing; twice in this verse} you have promised, so that it may be ready ^kas a willing gift, ^lnot as an exaction. ^{▼▼Or a gift expecting something in return; Greek greed}