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2 Corinthians 9:5

Generosity

3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

7 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.

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BSB
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
KJV
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.
WEB
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
ASV
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
DARBY
I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.
BLB
Therefore I deemed [it] necessary to exhort the brothers that they should go before to you⁺ and should complete beforehand your⁺ foreannounced blessing, thus [for] this to be ready as a blessing and not as covetousness.
ÅB
Derfor aktet jeg det nødvendig å tilskynde brødrene til å dra i forveien til dere og forut få i stand den gave dere før har lovt, at den må være ferdig som en velsignelse, og ikke som en karrig gave.
OTB
Så jeg anså det nødvendig å oppfordre brødrene til å gå foran til dere og ordne på forhånd deres tidligere lovede gavmilde gave, slik at den ville være klar som en gavmild gave, og ikke som en som er gitt motvillig på grunn av grådighet.
B1930
Derfor aktet jeg det nødvendig å tilskynde brødrene til å dra i forveien til eder og forut få i stand den gave I før har lovt, at den må være ferdig som en velsignelse, og ikke som en karrig gave.

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