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


In Context

4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before to you, and make up before hand your bounty, of which ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of covetousness.

6 But this I say, He who soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.

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

8 And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

2 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves 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 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.