2 Corinthians 9:5 - English Majority Text Version

⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brothers, that they should go before me to you, and should arrange in advance your generous gift, which you had previously promised, that this would be ready, thus as a blessing and not as grudgingly given.

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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 Mga Krus na Reperensya

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of the week let each one of you put something aside, storing up whatever he may prosper, in order that there be no collections when I come.

2 Corinthians 8:6

so that we urged Titus, that just as he had begun before, thus he would also finish this grace also in you.

2 Corinthians 9:3

And I have sent the brothers, lest our boasting about you lose its justification in this matter, that just as I said, you may be prepared,

2 Corinthians 9:6

But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Philippians 4:17

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