Wesley [1755], EXPLANATORY NOTES UPON The New Testament. By JOHN WESLEY, M.A. Late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford (Printed by William Bowyer, LONDON) [word count] [B17100].
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1 For concerning the
ministring to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you. note
2 For I
know your readiness, which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians, note
that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very
many.
3 Yet I have sent the note brethren, lest our boasting of you on this
head should be made vain, that, as I said, ye may be ready;
4 Lest if any
of the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to
say, you) be ashamed of this confident boasting.
5 Therefore I thought it
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necessary, to desire the brethren to go before to you, and compleat this
your bounty, which had been spoken of before, note that it may be ready as
a bounty, and not as note a matter of covetousness.
6 And this I say, He
that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth
bountifully, shall reap also bountifully: note
7 Let every man do as he chuseth
in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity: note for note God loveth a chearful
giver. note
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that
having always all sufficiency in all things, ye may abound to every good
work:
9 (As it is written, note He hath scattered abroad, note he hath given to
the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 And may he who supplieth
seed note to the sower, and bread for your food, supply and multiply
your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:)
11 Being
inriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which worketh by us thanksgiving
to God. note
12 For the administration of this service, doth not only supply
the necessities of the saints, but likewise aboundeth by the thanksgivings
of many to God:
13 (Who, by experiment of this administration,
glorify God for your avowed subjection note to the gospel of Christ, and for
your liberal communication to them and to all men.)
14 And by their
prayer for you, who long after you, for the exceeding grace of God,
which is in you.
15 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. note
Wesley [1755], EXPLANATORY NOTES UPON The New Testament. By JOHN WESLEY, M.A. Late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford (Printed by William Bowyer, LONDON) [word count] [B17100].
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