9:1  nam de ministerio quod fit in           1.  For as touching the ministering to  
sanctos ex abundanti est mihi scribere       the saints, it is superfluous for me to  
vobis                                        write to you:
                                             
9:2  scio enim promptum animum vestrum       2.  For I know the forwardness of your  
pro quo de vobis glorior apud Macedonas      mind, for which I boast of you to them  
quoniam Achaia parata est ab anno            of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a  
praeterito et vestra aemulatio               year ago; and your zeal hath provoked  
provocavit plurimos                          very many.
                                             
9:3  misi autem fratres ut ne quod           3.  Yet have I sent the brethren, lest  
gloriamur de vobis evacuetur in hac          our boasting of you should be in vain  
parte ut quemadmodum dixi parati sitis       in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may  
                                             be ready:
                                             
9:4  ne cum venerint mecum Macedones et      4.  Lest haply if they of Macedonia  
invenerint vos inparatos erubescamus         come with me, and find you unprepared,  
nos ut non dicamus vos in hac substantia     we (that we say not, ye) should be  
                                             ashamed in this same confident boasting.
                                             
9:5  necessarium ergo existimavi rogare      5.  Therefore I thought it necessary to  
fratres ut praeveniant ad vos et             exhort the brethren, that they would go  
praeparent repromissam benedictionem         before unto you, and make up beforehand  
hanc paratam esse sic quasi                  your bounty, whereof ye had notice  
benedictionem non quasi avaritiam            before, that the same might be ready,  
                                             as a matter of bounty, and not as of  
                                             covetousness.
                                             
9:6  hoc autem qui parce seminat parce       6.  But this I say, He which soweth  
et metet et qui seminat in                   sparingly shall reap also sparingly;  
benedictionibus de benedictionibus et        and he which soweth bountifully shall  
metet                                        reap also bountifully.
                                             
9:7  unusquisque prout destinavit corde      7.  Every man according as he purposeth  
suo non ex tristitia aut ex necessitate      in his heart, so let him give; not  
hilarem enim datorem diligit Deus            grudgingly, or of necessity: for God  
                                             loveth a cheerful giver.
                                             
9:8  potens est autem Deus omnem             8.  And God is able to make all grace  
gratiam abundare facere in vobis ut in       abound toward you; that ye, always  
omnibus semper omnem sufficientiam           having all sufficiency in all things,  
habentes abundetis in omne opus bonum        may abound to every good work:
                                             
9:9  sicut scriptum est dispersit dedit      9.  (As it is written, He hath  
pauperibus iustitia eius manet in            dispersed abroad; he hath given to the  
aeternum                                     poor: his righteousness remaineth for  
                                             ever.
                                             
9:10  qui autem administrat semen            10.  Now he that ministereth seed to  
seminanti et panem ad manducandum            the sower both minister bread for your  
praestabit et multiplicabit semen            food, and multiply your seed sown, and  
vestrum et augebit incrementa frugum         increase the fruits of your  
iustitiae vestrae                            righteousness;)
                                             
9:11  ut in omnibus locupletati              11.  Being enriched in every thing to  
abundetis in omnem simplicitatem quae        all bountifulness, which causeth  
operatur per nos gratiarum actionem Deo      through us thanksgiving to God.
                                             
9:12  quoniam ministerium huius officii      12.  For the administration of this  
non solum supplet ea quae desunt             service not only supplieth the want of  
sanctis sed etiam abundat per multas         the saints, but is abundant also by  
gratiarum actiones in Domino                 many thanksgivings unto God;
                                             
9:13  per probationem ministerii huius       13.  Whiles by the experiment of this  
glorificantes Deum in oboedientia            ministration they glorify God for your  
confessionis vestrae in evangelium           professed subjection unto the gospel of  
Christi et simplicitate communicationis      Christ, and for your liberal  
in illos et in omnes                         distribution unto them, and unto all  
                                             men;
                                             
9:14  et ipsorum obsecratione pro vobis      14.  And by their prayer for you, which  
desiderantium vos propter eminentem          long after you for the exceeding grace  
gratiam Dei in vobis                         of God in you.
                                             
9:15  gratias Deo super inenarrabili         15.  Thanks be unto God for his  
dono eius                                    unspeakable gift.