9As it is written, |He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.|


In Context

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.

9 As it is written, |He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.|

10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

11 you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:9As it is written: "He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:9As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:9as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:9as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9(As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9(according as it hath been written, 'He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9(As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains for ever.