I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

我说这话，不是吩咐你们，乃是藉着别人的热心试验你们爱心的实在。

我说这话，并不是命令你们，而是藉着别人的热忱来考验你们爱心的真诚。

我说这话，并不是命令你们，而是藉着别人的热忱来考验你们爱心的真诚。

我说这话并非命令你们，而是借着别人的热心考验一下你们爱心的真伪。

我这样说，不是吩咐你们，而是藉着别人的热心来考验你们的爱心是否真实。

我说这话不是出于命令，而是要藉着别人的殷勤来考验你们爱的真诚，

我說這話，不是吩咐你們，乃是藉着別人的熱心試驗你們愛心的實在。

我說這話，並不是命令你們，而是藉着別人的熱忱來考驗你們愛心的真誠。

我說這話，並不是命令你們，而是藉着別人的熱忱來考驗你們愛心的真誠。

我說這話並非命令你們，而是藉著別人的熱心考驗一下你們愛心的真偽。

我這樣說，不是吩咐你們，而是藉著別人的熱心來考驗你們的愛心是否真實。

我這不是當命令說的，我乃是要藉着別人的熱切來試驗你們的愛心是不是真的罷了。

我說這話不是出於命令，而是要藉著別人的殷勤來考驗你們愛的真誠，

我言此、非命爾、乃藉他人之懃懇、驗爾仁愛之實、

吾非以此命爾、乃因他人殷勤、欲試爾仁愛之實、

我言此、非命爾、乃因他人之殷勤、欲試爾仁愛之實、

吾作此言、非命令也、乃欲藉他人之熱情、一測爾等愛德之深淺耳。

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

I am not commanding you to do it. But I want to test you. I want to find out if you really love God. I want to compare your love with that of others.

I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.

I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

I am not saying this as a command, but as proving, through the earnestness of others, the sincerity of your love as well.

I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,and one of you says to them,“ Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministryin order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

To the rest I say( I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.

And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

“ Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.