2 Corinthians 8:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ I am saying this not as a command, but I am trying to prove by the diligence of others the genuineness of your love as well.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ I give this not as an order [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the zeal of others, the sincerity of your [own] love also.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Common English Bible

⁸ I’m not giving an order, but by mentioning the commitment of others, I’m trying to prove the authenticity of your love also.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.

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Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy—detesting what is evil, holding fast to the good.

1 Corinthians 7:12

But to the rest I say—I, not the Lord—if any brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she agrees to live with him, he must not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say as a concession, not as a command.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Ruach ha-Kodesh, in genuine love,

2 Corinthians 8:10

Now I give my opinion in this matter, that it is a credit to you that a year ago you were the first to start—not only to do but even to be willing.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore, before Messiah’s communities show them the proof of your love and of our boasting about you.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your eagerness. I boast about it to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been preparing for a year already; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all ways into Messiah, who is the Head.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with undying love.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good deeds.

Joshua 24:14

“Now therefore, fear Adonai and worship Him in sincerity and in truth. Get rid of the gods that your fathers had worshipped beyond the River and in Egypt, and worship Adonai.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.