New Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 8:8
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I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
BSB text & permissions
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
KJV text & permissions
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
ASV text & permissions
I do not speak as a command, but proving the genuineness of your⁺ love through the earnestness of others also.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
2 Corinthians 8
6 So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
7 But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
10 And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
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