2 Corinthians 9:5

Whereof ye had notice before— Which had been spoken of before, namely, to the Macedonian Christians, 2 Corinthians 9:2. The word πλεονεξιαν, rendered covetousness, signifies a kind of force, by which money is, as it were, wrung by importunity from persons of a covetous disposition, and by such perseverance as covetous people themselves make use of, where their own gain is concerned. And thus it is opposed to ευλογια, what is readily given, and comes as it were with a blessing.