2 Corinthians 9:7

• §2122Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “"The laborer deserves his food."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 10:10; cf. Lk 10:7; 2 Cor 9:5-18; 1 Tim 5:17-18.

Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “That He commands, “And from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away,” must be referred to the mind; for “God loveth a cheerful giver.” [2 Cor 9:7] And every one that receives, indeed borrows, though it is not he that shall pay, but God, who restores to the merciful many fold.” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 43

  “But it is “a cheerful giver” that “God loves.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 2

  “For if, in the matter of carnal means, God loves a cheerful giver, how much more so in that of the spiritual?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10

  ““For God loveth a cheerful giver.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.20Book I

  “Then, as to what He says, “From him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away,” it is to be referred to the mind; for God loveth a cheerful giver.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.9Book XIV

  “They rejoice in good works, because they hear that “the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.30Book I

  ““For God loveth a cheerful giver.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 7

  “Such is my offering; if it be slight and inferior to his merit, God loveth that which is according to our power.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. viii. 3; ix. 7.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 88

  “The hungry are nourished, the naked are clothed, the sick are visited, and men seek not their own but “that which is another’s,” so long as in relieving the misery of others each one makes the most of his own means; and it is easy to find “a cheerful giver,” where a man’s performances…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. x. 24; xii. 6; 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.21Part III

  “That moroseness may not spoil liberality, let them hear what is written, God loveth a cheerful giver (2 Cor. ix. 7).” — the author cites it

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.2Book III

  “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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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, Who is the Rich Man that shall be saved?

  “Excellent, accordingly, also is the apostle’s saying, “For the Lord loveth a cheerful giver;” who delights in giving, and spares not, sowing so that he may also thus reap, without murmuring, and disputing, and regret, and communicating, which is pure beneficence.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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• 2 Corinthians 12:15

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Philippians 2:17

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:7

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Timothy 5:17

  Cited together in Catechism §2122.

• 1 Timothy 5:18

  Cited together in Catechism §2122.

• James 3:2

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Joel 2:12

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Joel 2:13

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Joel 2:15

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Joel 2:16

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Matthew 5:38

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (14) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 5:41

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (14) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 10:10

  Cited together in Catechism §2122.

• Matthew 18:19

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Matthew 18:20

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• Matthew 23:37

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Luke 10:7

  Cited together in Catechism §2122.

• 1 Corinthians 10:24

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 88.

• 2 Corinthians 5:13

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.