NASB
"I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also."
— 2 Corinthians 8:8, NASB
“I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.”
“I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. ”
“I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.”
“I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.”
“I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.”
“I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.”
“I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.”
and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, so he would also complete in you this gracious work as well.
But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also.
I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
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.
I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it.
But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability.