2 Corinthians 9:6 (WEB)
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Catechism · 1
“"The laborer deserves his food."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 10:10; cf. Lk 10:7; 2 Cor 9:5-18; 1 Tim 5:17-18.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“And you cannot say that the mode of our manifestation before the judgment-seat of Christ is such that the good receive good things, the bad evil things; for he teaches us in the same epistle that he who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For this he saith; “He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth in blessings, shall also reap in blessings.”…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle witnesseth, that the works of mercy are the seed of the future harvest, when he saith, “Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap;” and again, “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6.
Read the whole comment““This I say; he that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore I fear too lest ye also “reap sparingly.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6.
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Gregory the Great
“Lest, when much is necessary, little be given, let them hear what is written, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly (2 Cor. ix. 6).” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But let every one do as he has proposed in his heart: not as if sorrowfully, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.