2 Corinthians 9:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, "prompt to do it") giver [whose heart is in his giving]. [Prov. 22:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Common English Bible

⁷ Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness, As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

1 Chronicles 29:9

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Exodus 25:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.

Exodus 35:5

Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD'S offering; gold, and silver, and brass;

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Isaiah 32:5

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Isaiah 32:8

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall he continue.

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, how that so labouring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Romans 12:8

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

Deuteronomy 15:14

thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress: as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

Philemon 1:14

but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

James 5:9

Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

1 Peter 4:9

using hospitality one to another without murmuring: