Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

2 Corinthians 9:7

GenerosityJoyMoney and wealthGratitude

5 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.

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.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

9 As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
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.
WEB
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
ASV
[Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
DARBY
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
BLB
each as he has purposed in the heart, not out of grief or out of necessity. For God loves a cheerful giver.
ÅB
Hver gi så som han setter seg fore i sitt hjerte, ikke med sorg eller av tvang! for Gud elsker en glad giver.
OTB
Hver person skal gi som de har bestemt i sitt hjerte, ikke motvillig eller under tvang, for Gud elsker en glad giver.
B1930
Hver gi så som han setter sig fore i sitt hjerte, ikke med sorg eller av tvang! for Gud elsker en glad giver.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 8:12

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

    Read in context

  • Acts 20:35

    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

    Read in context

  • 1 Chronicles 29:17

    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 11:25

    A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 25:2

    “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 15:7–11

    If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 22:9

    A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

    Read in context

  • 1 Peter 4:9

    Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

    Read in context