8I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.


In Context

5 And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will.

6 So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;

7 but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.

8 I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.

10 And I give my opinion in this, for this is profitable for you who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

2 Corinthians 8:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not as commanding; but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.