6Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.


In Context

3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

4 so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.

5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.

6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6But this [I say,] He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:6But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:6But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6But this I say, He who soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.