哥林多后书 9:5
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
Context
This verse from 哥林多后书 Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. 约翰一书5：「凡信耶稣是基督的，都是从神而生的」；「使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心」；有圣灵、水和血三样为证；「这些话写给你们信奉神儿子之名的人，要叫你们知道自己有永生」；若有人看见弟兄犯了不至于死的罪，就当为他祈求。
其他译本
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
Necessary, therefore, I thought <FI>it<Fi> to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.
So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.
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