It is insightful that two verses prior to verse 9 that we as believers are exhorted to ???abound in this grace also???.Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.(II Corinthians 8:7)This context clearly reveals that this grace is a reference to the grace of giving.