2nd Corinthians

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2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 8:8

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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BBE 2ndCorinthians 8:8

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 8:8

I do not speak as commanding [it], but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 8:8

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 8:8

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WEB 2ndCorinthians 8:8

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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YLT 2ndCorinthians 8:8

not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Not by commandment. St. Paul felt an honourable sensibility which prevented him from straining his authority by urging the Corinthians to give of their substance. Among Gentiles such contributions towards the needs of others - the result of unselfish compassion - were all but unknown. The forwardness; i.e. the ready zeal. The sincerity; more literally, the genuineness.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) I speak not by commandment.--The English, and, indeed, the Greek also, is to some extent ambiguous, and leaves us uncertain whether he disclaims merely the tone of command or the sanction of a divine authority. The former seems the preferable meaning, but ultimately the one runs into the other. He gives no commands in this matter to others because he has received no commandment from the Lord Himself. (Comp. 1Corinthians 7:6; 1Corinthians 7:12; 1Corinthians 7:25.)