Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
GNV
2 Corinthians 9:5
Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.
Parallel Translations
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:27Genesis 33:11Philippians 4:172 Kings 5:15Judges 1:152 Corinthians 8:62 Corinthians 12:17–181 Corinthians 16:21 Samuel 30:26
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