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| [1]For of the mynystrie that is maad to hooli men, it is to me of plente to write to you. |
[1]Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you |
| [2]For Y knowe youre wille, for the which Y haue glorie of you anentis Macedonyes, for also Acaie is redi fro a yeer passid, and youre loue hath stirid ful manye. |
[2]For I knowe the redinesse of your mynde, whereof I boast my selfe of you, vnto them of Macedonia, that Achaia was prepared a yere a go: and your zeale hath prouoked many |
| [3]And we han sent britheren, that this thing that we glorien of you, be not auoidid in this parti, that as Y seide, ye be redi. |
[3]Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues |
| [4]Lest whanne Macedonyes comen with me, and fynden you vnredi, we be schamed, that we seien you not, in this substaunce. |
[4]Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng |
| [5]Therfor Y gesside necessarie to preie britheren, that thei come bifore to you, and make redi this bihiyt blessyng to be redi, so as blessing, and not as aueryce. |
[5]Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng |
| [6]For Y seie this thing, he that sowith scarseli, schal also repe scarseli; and he that sowith in blessyngis, schal `repe also of blessyngis. |
[6]This yet [I say] he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie |
| [7]Ech man as he castide in his herte, not of heuynesse, or of nede; for God loueth a glad yyuere. |
[7]Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer |
| [8]And God is miyti to make al grace abounde in you, that ye in alle thingis euere more han al sufficience, and abounde in to al good werk; |
[8]God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes |
| [9]as it is writun, He delide abrood, he yaf to pore men, his riytwisnesse dwellith withouten ende. |
[9]As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer |
| [10]And he that mynystrith seed to the sowere, schal yyue also breed to ete, and he schal multiplie youre seed, and make myche the encreessingis of fruytis of youre riytwisnesse; |
[10]He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse |
| [11]that in alle thingis ye maad riche waxen plenteuouse in to al symplenesse, which worchith bi vs doing of thankingis to God. |
[11]That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God |
| [12]For the mynystrie of this office not oneli fillith tho thingis that failen to holi men, but also multiplieth many thankyngis to God, |
[12]For the administration of this seruice, not only supplieth ye neede of the saintes: but also is aboundaunt by the thankes geuyng of many vnto God |
| [13]bi the preuyng of this mynystrie, which glorifien God in the obedience of youre knouleching in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynycacioun in to hem and in to alle, |
[13]Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men |
| [14]and in the biseching of hem for you, that desiren you for the excellent grace of God in you. |
[14]And by their prayers for you, which long after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you |
| [15]Y do thankyngis to God of the yifte of hym, that may not be teld. |
[15]Thankes be vnto God, for his vnspeakeable gyft |