我们经常认为，当上帝陈述的目的是提高我们的捐赠标准时，上帝会增加我们的收入以提高我们的生活水平。 {再次查看哥林多前书8:14和9:11}。
(Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. {Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11}.)