Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(A) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(B) for God loves a cheerful giver.(C)

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So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, (A)not grudgingly or of [a]necessity; for (B)God loves a cheerful giver.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion

You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 See footnote on Prov 22:8.

(A)You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.

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Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.(A)

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