6Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.^b 7Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.^c 8^* Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work. 9As it is written:

“He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever.”^d

10The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.^e

11^* You are being enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God,