10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.


In Context

7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

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

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

11 Now therefore perform the doing [of it;] that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

2 Corinthians 8:10 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:10And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:10And herein I give my advice; for this is profitable for you, who have begun not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:10And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:10And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10And in this I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you is expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before — a year ago,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.