2 Corinthians 8:8 - 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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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ I speak not as commanding; but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

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Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,

1 Corinthians 7:12

Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by chastity, knowledge, and longsuffering; in pleasantness, in the Holy Spirit, and in unfeigned charity;

2 Corinthians 8:10

And about this, I give my counsel. For this is useful to those of you who, only a year earlier, had just begun to act, or even to be willing to act.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.

2 Corinthians 9:2

For I know your willing mind. I glory about you, concerning this, to the Macedonians. For Achaia has also been prepared, for the past year. And your example has inspired very many others.

2 Corinthians 9:7

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.

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, acting according to truth in charity, we should increase in everything, in him who is the head, Christ himself.

Ephesians 6:24

May grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ, unto incorruption. Amen.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be considerate of one another, so as to prompt ourselves to charity and to good works,

Joshua 24:14

Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

1 Peter 1:22

So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.