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Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He [a]takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving].(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.