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2 Corinthians 9:5

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9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution12 you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift13 and not as something you feel forced to do.14

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Grk “the blessing.”
  2. 13 Grk “a blessing.”
  3. 14 Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.