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What does 2 Corinthians 9:1 mean?

"It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,"

— 2 Corinthians 9:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

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for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

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But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

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lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.

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