2 Corinthians 9:7 Parallel Translations

Each of you should give whatever you have decided. You shouldn't be sorry that you gave or feel forced to give, since God loves a cheerful giver.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

ASV:

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

BBE:

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

DBY:

each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

ERV:

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

WEY:

Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."

WBS:

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

WEB:

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

YLT:

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

2 Corinthians 9:7 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 25:2 "Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

Deuteronomy 15:10 "You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.

1 Chronicles 29:17 "Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

Romans 12:8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:7 Every man according as he {c} purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not {d} grudgingly, or of {e} necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
(c) Determines and appoints freely with himself.
(d) With a sparing and grudging heart.
(e) Against his will, not wanting to have evil spoken of him.

PNT:

9:7 Not grudgingly, or of necessity. Where one gives by compulsion, or to secure popular applause, or grudgingly, he is not approved.
For God loveth a cheerful giver. The giving must be cheerful. It is the cheerful giver whom the Lord loves.

WES:

9:7 Of necessity - Because he cannot tell how to refuse.

MHC:

9:6-15 Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable increase may be expected. It should be given carefully. Works of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought and design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses. Help should be given freely, be it more or less; not grudgingly, but cheerfully. While some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, and it tends to poverty. If we had more faith and love, we should waste less on ourselves, and sow more in hope of a plentiful increase. Can a man lose by doing that with which God is pleased? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us; to give a large increase of spiritual and of temporal good things. He can make us to have enough in all things; and to be content with what we have. God gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we may supply the wants of others, and this should be as seed to be sown. We must show the reality of our subjection to the gospel, by works of charity. This will be for the credit of our profession, and to the praise and glory of God. Let us endeavour to copy the example of Christ, being unwearied in doing good, and deeming it more blessed to give than to receive. Blessed be God for the unspeakable gift of his grace, whereby he enables and inclines some of his people to bestow upon others, and others to be grateful for it; and blessed be his glorious name to all eternity, for Jesus Christ, that inestimable gift of his love, through whom this and every other good thing, pertaining to life and godliness, are freely given unto us, beyond all expression, measure, or bounds.

CONC:

Cheerful Compulsion Constraint Contribute Decided Determined Force Giver Giving Grief Grievingly Grudgingly Heart Love Loves Loveth Mind Necessity Pleasure Purpose Purposed Purposeth Ready Reluctantly Sorrow Takes

Cheerful Compulsion Constraint Contribute Decided Determined Force Giver Grief Heart Loves Mind Necessity Pleasure Purpose Purposeth Ready Reluctantly

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