New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 8:4-8

4beggingG1189 us with muchG4183 urgingG3874 for the 1favorG5485 2of participationG2842 in the 3 4supportG1248 of the 5saintsG40, 5and this, not as we had 6expectedG1679, but they firstG4413 7gaveG1325 themselvesG1438 to the LordG2962 and to us by 8the willG2307 of GodG2316. 6SoG3779 we 9urgedG3870 10TitusG5103 that as he had previouslyG4278 11madeG4278 a beginningG4278, soG3779 he would alsoG2532 completeG2005 in you 12thisG3778 graciousG5485 workG5485 as wellG2532.

7But justG5618 as you 13aboundG4052 14in everythingG3956, in faithG4102 and utteranceG3056 and knowledgeG1108 and in allG3956 earnestnessG4710 and in the 15loveG26 we inspiredG1537 in you, see that you 16aboundG4052 in thisG3778 graciousG5485 workG5485 alsoG2532. 8I 17am not speakingG3004 this as a commandG2003, but as provingG1381 throughG1223 the earnestnessG4710 of othersG2087 the sincerityG1103 of your loveG26 alsoG2532.

Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 24:17; Rom 15:25f ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Lit and ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Lit service to the saints ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Rom 15:31; 2 Cor 8:19f; 9:1, 12f ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Or holy ones ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 8:5 Lit hoped ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 8:5 2 Cor 8:1 ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 8:5 1 Cor 1:1 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 8:17; 12:18 ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 2:13; 8:16, 23 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 8:10 ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 8:6 Acts 24:17; Rom 15:25f ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Rom 15:14; 1 Cor 1:5; 12:8 ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Lit love from us in you; one early ms reads your love for us ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 8:8 1 Cor 7:6 ↩