2 Corinthians 9:10

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Paul addresses the Corinthian congregation while explaining the practical outworking of their financial collection for Jerusalem believers.

The words — ἐπιχορηγῶν (epichorēgōn) translates literally as “supplying in full,” and σπείροντι (speironti) identifies the “one who sows.”

The thread — The sowing and reaping imagery runs through 2 Corinthians 9:6 and Hosea 10:12, while the promise of God’s faithful provision parallels the agricultural certainty of Isaiah 55:10.

Why it lands — The text states that God provides both physical sustenance and spiritual harvest, then requires readers to view divine provision as the foundation for continued generosity rather than self-reliance.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Cross-references

Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 4:17 Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
Genesis 47:19 Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”