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 

biblegateway 2Co 8:8

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

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 proving the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.

biblegateway 2Co 8:8

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

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

bibleoremus 2Co 8:8

I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.

This is not meant as an order; by telling you how keen others are I am putting your love to the test.

biblegateway 2Co 8:8

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

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

biblegateway 2Co 8:8

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 

¹ tn Grk “by means of the eagerness of others.”