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2 Corinthians 9:7

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9:7Each one of you should give16 just as he has decided in his heart,17 not reluctantly18 or under compulsion,19 because God loves a cheerful giver.

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2 Corinthians 9:6–7: The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Footnotes

  1. 16 Or “must do.” The words “of you” and “should give” are not in the Greek text, which literally reads, “Each one just as he has decided in his heart.” The missing words are an ellipsis; these or similar phrases must be supplied for the English reader.
  2. 17 Or “in his mind.”
  3. 18 Or “not from regret”; Grk “not out of grief.”
  4. 19 Or “not out of a sense of duty”; Grk “from necessity.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

NLTNew Living Translation

You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

KJV 1900King James Version

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