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2 Corinthians 9:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Corinthians 9:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 So I thought it necessary to encourage the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for your promised gift, so that in this way it might be ready as a bountiful gift and not as an exaction.
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2 Corinthians 9:5
New International Version
2 Corinthians 9:5
New International Version
5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(A) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(B) not as one grudgingly given.(C)
2 Corinthians 9:5
King James Version
2 Corinthians 9:5
King James Version
5 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.
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