2 Corinthians 9:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift  you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ That is why I thought it necessary to urge these brethren to go to you before I do and make arrangements in advance for this bountiful, promised gift of yours, so that it may be ready, not as an extortion [wrung out of you] but as a generous and willing gift.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

Common English Bible

⁵ This is why I thought it was necessary to encourage the brothers to go to you ahead of time and arrange in advance the generous gift you have already promised. I want it to be a real gift from you. I don’t want you to feel like you are being forced to give anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Therefore, I considered it necessary to ask the brothers to go to you in advance and to prepare this blessing as promised, and in this way, you may be ready as a blessing, not as an excess.

2 Corinthians 9:5 Cross References

Genesis 33:11

Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.’ So Jacob urged him until he accepted.

2 Kings 5:15

Then Naaman and his whole company went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, ‘I know there’s no God in the whole world except in Israel.  Therefore, please accept a gift  from your servant.’

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of the week,  each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he is prospering, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.

2 Corinthians 8:6

So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.

2 Corinthians 9:3

But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.

2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this:  The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

Philippians 4:17

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit  , that is increasing to your account.

Judges 1:15

She answered him, ‘Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev,  give me springs also.’ So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

1 Samuel 25:27

Let this gift  your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Here is a gift for you  from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.’