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2 Corinthians 8:8

NET ©	I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.¹
NIV ©	I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
NASB ©	I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
NLT ©	I am not saying you must do it, even though the other churches are eager to do it. This is one way to prove your love is real.
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.
BBE ©	I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
NRSV ©	I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.
NKJV ©	I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

KJV	I speak <3004> (5719) not <3756> by <2596> commandment <2003>_, but <235> by occasion <1223> of the forwardness <4710> of others <2087>_, and <2532> to prove <1381> (5723) the sincerity <1103> of your <5212> love <26>_.
NASB ©	I am not speaking <3004> this as a command <2003> , but as proving <1381> through <1223> the earnestness <4710> of others <2087> the sincerity <1103> of your love <26> also <2532> .
GREEK	ou <3756> PRT-N kat <2596> PREP epitaghn <2003> N-ASF legw <3004> (5719) V-PAI-1S alla <235> CONJ dia <1223> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF eterwn <2087> A-GPM spoudhv <4710> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-ASN thv <3588> T-GSF umeterav <5212> S-2GPF agaphv <26> N-GSF gnhsion <1103> A-ASN dokimazwn <1381> (5723) V-PAP-NSM
NET © [draft] ITL	I am <3004> not <3756> saying <3004> this as a command <2003> , but <235> I am testing the genuineness <1381> of your <5212> love <26> by comparison <1103> with <1223> the eagerness <4710> of others <2087> .
NET ©	I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.¹
NET © Notes	¹tn Grk “by means of the eagerness of others.”

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