Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
I am not angling for more gifts; you might think my praise was a veiled appeal to open your purses wider. But what I truly want is that your generosity redound to your account in God's ledger, the balance sheet of eternity where your acts of kindness are recorded as yours, not mine.
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I commend your benefit not for my sake but for yours, because you gave it as a sacrifice to God Himself, not to me. The Lord will not be forgetful of what you have offered to Him; it stands to your account forever.
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I must guard against all suspicion of greediness, lest you think my praise was designed to extract more from you. My aim is your advantage: that your liberality may yield you the fruits of plentiful reward in the day of Christ, who will not forget your labor of love.
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