Verse 5

I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 33:11 : 11 Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
• Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
• 1 Sam 25:27 : 27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
• 1 Sam 30:26 : 26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, "Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh."
• 2 Kgs 5:15 : 15 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, "See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant."
• 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
• 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
• 2 Cor 12:17-18 : 17 Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you? 18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
• Judg 1:15 : 15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.