2 Corinthians 9:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ Each person should do as he has decided in his heart #– #not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves  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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.

1 Chronicles 29:9

Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord wholeheartedly.  King David also rejoiced greatly.

Exodus 25:2

‘Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.

Exodus 35:5

Take  up an offering among you for the Lord. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.

Proverbs 22:9

A generous person  will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Isaiah 32:5

A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.

Isaiah 32:8

But a noble person plans noble things; he stands up for noble causes.

Acts 20:35

In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by labouring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”  ’

Romans 12:8

if exhorting,  in exhortation; giving, with generosity;  leading,  with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Deuteronomy 15:14

Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing-floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with.

Philemon 1:14

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable  to one another without complaining.