2 Corinthians 9:6-15
V6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
V7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
V8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
V9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad: he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
V10 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;)
V11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
V12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God:
V13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
V14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
V15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Also in 1 John 3:11-18 we encourage one another to continue in God’s love toward one another:
V11 for this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
V12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
V13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
V14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
V15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
V16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
V17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
V18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Amen.
