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


In Context

5 and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

6 so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,

7 but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

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

9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor — being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

10 and 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,

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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