Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Each one [should give] as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly} or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
New American Standard Bible
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not
King 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.
Holman Bible
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves
International Standard Version
Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
A Conservative Version
Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
American Standard Version
Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Amplified
Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift].
An Understandable Version
Each person should give what he has decided to in his heart, not grudgingly, nor out of a feeling that he has to, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Anderson New Testament
Let each one give, as he purposes in his heart; not with grief, nor from necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
Each one must give just as he has purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let every man give as he is disposed in his own mind, without any regret or reluctance: for God loves a cheerful benefactor.
Darby Translation
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Godbey New Testament
As each one has predetermined in his heart; not of reluctance, or of constraint: for God loves the hilarious giver.
Goodspeed New Testament
Everyone must give what he has made up his mind to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion; God loves a man who is glad to give.
John Wesley New Testament
Let every man do as he chuseth in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a chearful giver.
Julia Smith Translation
Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
King James 2000
Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
Modern King James verseion
Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver.
Moffatt New Testament
Everyone is to give what he has made up his mind to give; there is to be no grudging or compulsion about it, for God loves the giver who gives cheerfully.
Montgomery New Testament
But let each give according to the purpose of his heart; not grudgingly of under compulsion. It is a cheerful giver that God loves.
NET Bible
Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.
New Heart English Bible
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Noyes New Testament
Each one, as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Sawyer New Testament
Let each one contribute as he chooses in his heart, not with regret or from necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
The Emphasized Bible
Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity, - for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let every man, as he hath purposed in heart, give, not with reluctance or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves 'a cheerful giver.'
Webster
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Weymouth New Testament
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."
Williams New Testament
Each must give what he has purposed in his heart to give, not sorrowfully or under compulsion, for it is the happy giver that God loves.
World English Bible
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Worrell New Testament
Let each one do as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Worsley New Testament
Let every one give as he chuses in his own heart; not with reluctance, or constraint: for God loveth a chearful giver.
Youngs Literal Translation
each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,
Themes
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Bearing fruit » Those that sow bountifully
Bearing fruit » Those that sow sparingly
Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Cheerfully
Charity » Those that are charitable
Giving » Scriptural rules for » Cheerfully
Giving » Systematic » Cheerfully
Liberality » Instances of » Christians » In corinth
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » The cheerful giver
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Verse Info
Context Readings
God Loves A Cheerful Giver
6 Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one [should give] as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly} or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, [because you] have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
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Cross References
Exodus 25:2
"Speak to the {Israelites}, and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.
Romans 12:8
if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Chronicles 29:17
And I know, my God, that you yourself test the heart and are pleased with uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these [things], and now I have seen your people who are found here willingly offer to you.
Acts 20:35
I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Exodus 35:5
'Take from among you a contribution for Yahweh, anyone willing of heart, let him bring Yahweh's contribution--gold and silver and bronze,
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.
Deuteronomy 15:14
You shall generously supply him from [among] your flocks and from your threshing floor and from your press; [according to] that [with which] Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
Proverbs 11:25
A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.
Proverbs 22:9
He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.
Proverbs 23:6-8
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.
Isaiah 32:5
A fool will no longer be called noble, and a scoundrel will not be said [to be] eminent.
Isaiah 32:8
But [the] nobleman plans noble things, and he stands upon noble things.
James 5:9
Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!
1 Peter 4:9
[Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.