“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
King James Version (KJV)
9:7 Of necessity - Because he cannot tell how to refuse.
2Co 9:7 Not grudgingly, or of necessity. Where one gives by compulsion, or to secure popular applause, or grudgingly, he is not approved. For God loveth a cheerful giver. The giving must be "cheerful". It is the cheerful giver whom the Lord loves.
Euerie man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him giue; not grudgingly, or of necessitie: for God loueth a cheerefull giuer.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Each one {must do} just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
`Let' each man `do' according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
- Basic English Bible
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Darby Bible
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
- Webster's Bible
Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."
- Weymouth Bible
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
- World English Bible
Ech man as he castide in his herte, not of heuynesse, or of nede; for God loueth a glad yyuere.
- Wycliffe Bible
each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,
- Youngs Literal Bible