I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
2 Corinthians 9:7 - English Standard Version 2016 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. |
I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.
Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.