2 Corinthians 8:8,24
2 Corinthians 8:8-9 The Message (MSG)
I’m not trying to order you around against your will. But by bringing in the Macedonians’ enthusiasm as a stimulus to your love, I am hoping to bring the best out of you. You are familiar with the generosity of our Master, Jesus Christ. Rich as he was, he gave it all away for us—in one stroke he became poor and we became rich.
2 Corinthians 8:23-24 The Message (MSG)
I don’t need to say anything further about Titus. We’ve been close associates in this work of serving you for a long time. The brothers who travel with him are delegates from churches, a real credit to Christ. Show them what you’re made of, the love I’ve been talking up in the churches. Let them see it for themselves!
2 Corinthians 8:8 King James Version (KJV)
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
2 Corinthians 8:24 King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians 8:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
2 Corinthians 8:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you.
2 Corinthians 8:8 New Century Version (NCV)
I am not commanding you to give. But I want to see if your love is true by comparing you with others that really want to help.
2 Corinthians 8:24 New Century Version (NCV)
So show these men the proof of your love and the reason we are proud of you. Then all the churches can see it.
2 Corinthians 8:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
2 Corinthians 8:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.
2 Corinthians 8:8 New International Version (NIV)
I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
2 Corinthians 8:24 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
2 Corinthians 8:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.
II Corinthians 8:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore show to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians 8:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I am not saying this as a command [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the enthusiasm of others, the sincerity of your love as well.
2 Corinthians 8:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Therefore, show these men, in the sight of the churches, the proof of your love and our reason for being proud of you.
2 Corinthians 8:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
2 Corinthians 8:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
So show them your love, and prove to all the churches that our boasting about you is justified.
2 Corinthians 8:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I’m not saying this as though I were issuing an order but to stir you to greater love by mentioning the enthusiasm of the Macedonians as a challenge to you.
2 Corinthians 8:24 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So demonstrate to them how much you love, and prove that our boasting of you is justified.