7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.


In Context

4 For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to say anything about you--would be ashamed of having been so confident.

5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

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

7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under 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."

2nd Corinthians 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give;] not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.