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


In Context

4 lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we — we may be put to shame (that we say not — ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

5 Necessary, therefore, I thought it to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

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

8 and God is able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

9 (according as it hath been written, 'He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

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 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 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.