2 Corinthians 9:1-2

Motivations for Giving

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1} Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you. ^{Tools
2} For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians:^(a)^(A) “Achaia^(b)^(B) has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal^(C) has stirred up most of them.^(D)

Footnotes:

a. 2 Corinthians 9:2: Macedonia was a Roman province in the northern area of modern Greece.

b. 2 Corinthians 9:2: Achaia was the Roman province, south of Macedonia, where Corinth was located.

Cross references:

A. 2 Corinthians 9:2: Acts 16:9

B. 2 Corinthians 9:2: Acts 18:12

C. 2 Corinthians 9:2: Numbers 25:13

D. 2 Corinthians 9:2: 2 Corinthians 8:18; 2 Corinthians 12:18