Giving And Gathering

Εἰσὶν οἳ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντες πλείονα ποιοῦσιν εἰσὶν καὶ οἳ συνάγοντες ἐλαττονοῦνται. Τοῖς εἰς τὰ ἴδιὰ σπείρουσι καὶ πλείονα ποιοῦσιν, ἀντίκεινται οἱ συνάγοντες καὶ ἐλαττούμενοι· οἱ γὰρ τὰ ἴδιὰ σπείροντες, εἰσιν ὸἱ εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα σπείροντες, καὶ ζωὴν θερίζοντες· οἱ δὲ συνάγοντες καὶ ἐλαττούμενοι, εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὴν σάρκα σπείροντες, καὶ φθορὰν συνάγοντες ἑαυντοῖς. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας, Κεφ ΙΑ´ Source: Migne PG 17.192b

Some scattering what they have make more, and some gathering are worse off. 1 Those who scatter their own things and make more are set against those who gather and are worse off, for the former who scatter what they have are the ones who sow in the spirit and who reap eternal life, but those who gather and are worse off are the ones who sow in the flesh and gather ruin for themselves. 2 Origen, On Proverbs, Chapter 11 1 Prov 11.24 2 Galat 6.8