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2 Corinthians 9:10

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 9:10

Verse 10 of 15

Scripture focus

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;)

2 Corinthians 9:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:10

Theological / Devotional

Ministereth seed. Again Paul quotes from the LXX (Isaiah 55:10), reasoning from an analogy between agriculture and the spiritual world. As God requires tillers of the soil with abundant fruitfulness, according to their sowing, so He will do with men who sow the seeds of charity and benevolence. The law of sowing and reaping in the natural world is true also of man’s use of his earthly possessions. Those who are generous will reap the more abundantly of God’s bounties, though not necessarily in kind (see on Matthew 19:29). God provides the seed, ordains the seasons, and sends both sun and rain; He does the same for the seeds of generosity sown in men’s hearts (Hosea 10:12).

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