Berean Standard Bible
“Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.”
Continuing his appeal for the Jerusalem collection, Paul uses farming language in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15: whoever sows sparingly reaps sparingly. He has sent Titus and others ahead so that the Corinthians' promised gift would be ready and not given under last-minute pressure.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
World English Bible (WEB)
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
[Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
each one, according as he does purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver does God love,
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Cada uno dé como propuso en su corazón: no con tristeza, ó por necesidad; porque Dios ama el dador alegre.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Cada uno tiene que determinar cuánto va a dar. Que no sea con tristeza ni porque lo obliguen, porque Dios ama al que da con alegría.
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