2 Corinthians 8:10

WEB

¹⁰I give advice in this: it is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

KJV

¹⁰And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

BSB

¹⁰And 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.

FBV

¹⁰This is my advice: it would be good if you finished what you started. Last year you were not only the first to give but the first to want to do so.

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Extra References

Hebrews 13:16

¹⁶But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

1 Timothy 6:18-19

¹⁸that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; ¹⁹laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

2 Corinthians 9:2

²for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

James 2:15-16

¹⁵And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

Proverbs 19:17

¹⁷He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

1 Corinthians 7:25

²⁵Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 16:2

²On the first day of every week, let each one of you save as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.

Philippians 4:17

¹⁷Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

1 Corinthians 7:40

⁴⁰But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

2 Corinthians 8:8

⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.