2 Corinthians 9:3-4; Ye May Be Ready
2 Corinthians 9:3-4 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
The Apostle Paul’s urging of the church in Corinth concerning complete the task of their intended giving is like a parent preparing the children for life. The parent teaches the children godly principles and follow-up by showing them how to apply well to life situations. This is the heart of a godly parent toward training children for the life ahead of them.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.