Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity, - for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth.
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.
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.
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.
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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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 9:7
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Verse Info
Context Readings
God Loves A Cheerful Giver
6 As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap: 7 Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity, - for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth. 8 Moreover God is able to cause, every gracious gift, to superabound unto you, in order that, having in every thing, at every time, every kind of sufficiency of your own, ye may be superabounding unto every good work;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 25:2
Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they take for me a heave-offering, - of every man whose heart urgeth him, shall ye take my heave-offering.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For, if the forwardness is set forth, according to what one may have, he is well approved, not according to what one hath not.
Romans 12:8
Or he that exhorteth, in his exhorting, he that imparteth, let it be with liberality, he that taketh a lead, with diligence, he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Chronicles 29:17
But I know, O my God, that, thou, art proving the heart, and, with uprightness, wilt thou be pleased, - I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things, now, therefore, thy people who are found here, have I seen with joy, offering willingly unto thee.
Acts 20:35
In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said - Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!
Exodus 35:5
Take ye from among you, a heave-offering to Yahweh, every one whose heart is willing shall bring it in, even the heave-offering of Yahweh, gold and silver and bronze:
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Deuteronomy 15:14
thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat, - of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him;
Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul, shall he enriched, and, he that refresheth, shall himself also be refreshed.
Proverbs 22:9
A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, - because he hath given of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 23:6-8
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Isaiah 32:5
A base man, shall no longer be called, noble, - Nor, knave, be named, liberal;
Isaiah 32:8
But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised, - And, he, upon noble things, will stand,
James 5:9
Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, - Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
1 Peter 4:9
Showing hospitality one to another without murmuring, -