Parallel Verses
- Christian Standard Bible - if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
- 新标点和合本 - 或作劝化的，就当专一劝化；施舍的，就当诚实；治理的，就当殷勤；怜悯人的，就当甘心。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 或劝勉的，要专一劝勉；施舍的，要诚实；治理的，要殷勤；怜悯人的，要乐意。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 或劝勉的，要专一劝勉；施舍的，要诚实；治理的，要殷勤；怜悯人的，要乐意。
- 当代译本 - 劝勉的，要专心劝勉；施舍的，要慷慨施舍；治理的，要殷勤治理；怜悯的，要甘心怜悯。
- 圣经新译本 - 劝慰的，就应当照着恩赐劝慰；把财物分给人的要真诚；领导的要殷勤；行善的要乐意。
- 中文标准译本 - 如果是劝勉的，就用在劝勉上； 分享的，要慷慨； 带领 的，要殷勤； 怜悯人的，要甘心乐意。
- 现代标点和合本 - 或做劝化的，就当专一劝化；施舍的，就当诚实；治理的，就当殷勤；怜悯人的，就当甘心。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 或作劝化的，就当专一劝化；施舍的，就当诚实；治理的，就当殷勤；怜悯人的，就当甘心。
- New International Version - if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
- New International Reader's Version - Is it encouraging others? Then encourage them. Is it giving to others? Then give freely. Is it being a leader? Then work hard at it. Is it showing mercy? Then do it cheerfully.
- English Standard Version - the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
- New Living Translation - If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
- New American Standard Bible - or the one who exhorts, in the work of exhortation; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
- New King James Version - he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
- Amplified Bible - or he who encourages, in the act of encouragement; he who gives, with generosity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy [in caring for others], with cheerfulness.
- American Standard Version - or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
- King James Version - Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
- New English Translation - if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.
- World English Bible - or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
- 新標點和合本 - 或作勸化的，就當專一勸化；施捨的，就當誠實；治理的，就當殷勤；憐憫人的，就當甘心。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 或勸勉的，要專一勸勉；施捨的，要誠實；治理的，要殷勤；憐憫人的，要樂意。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 或勸勉的，要專一勸勉；施捨的，要誠實；治理的，要殷勤；憐憫人的，要樂意。
- 當代譯本 - 勸勉的，要專心勸勉；施捨的，要慷慨施捨；治理的，要殷勤治理；憐憫的，要甘心憐憫。
- 聖經新譯本 - 勸慰的，就應當照著恩賜勸慰；把財物分給人的要真誠；領導的要殷勤；行善的要樂意。
- 呂振中譯本 - 或是勸慰的，就該 用 在勸慰上。分給的呢、要用慷慨 的心；督導的呢、要用熱切；憐恤人的呢、要歡悅喜樂。
- 中文標準譯本 - 如果是勸勉的，就用在勸勉上； 分享的，要慷慨； 帶領 的，要殷勤； 憐憫人的，要甘心樂意。
- 現代標點和合本 - 或做勸化的，就當專一勸化；施捨的，就當誠實；治理的，就當殷勤；憐憫人的，就當甘心。
- 文理和合譯本 - 或勸慰、則勸慰、濟者以誠、治者以勤、矜者以樂、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 或勸慰、則勸慰、其賙濟也、以丹心、其治理也、以殷勤、其矜恤也、以喜樂、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 或勸戒者、當勸戒、其施舍也以誠實、其治理也以殷勤、其矜恤也以歡心、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 勸慰者勸慰。布施務廣、治人務勤。矜貧恤寡、難得滿腔和氣；
- Nueva Versión Internacional - si es el de animar a otros, que los anime; si es el de socorrer a los necesitados, que dé con generosidad; si es el de dirigir, que dirija con esmero; si es el de mostrar compasión, que lo haga con alegría.
- 현대인의 성경 - 권면하는 사람은 격려의 말로, 남을 구제하는 사람은 후하게, 지도자는 열심으로, 자선을 베푸는 사람은 기쁨으로 하십시오.
- Новый Русский Перевод - если это дар ободрять, пусть ободряет; если это дар помогать нуждающимся, пусть дает щедро; если это дар начальствования, пусть будет усерден; если это дар милосердия, пусть проявляет его с весельем.
- Восточный перевод - если это дар ободрять, пусть ободряет; если это дар помогать нуждающимся, пусть даёт щедро; если это дар начальствования, пусть будет усерден; если это дар милосердия, пусть проявляет его с весельем.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - если это дар ободрять, пусть ободряет; если это дар помогать нуждающимся, пусть даёт щедро; если это дар начальствования, пусть будет усерден; если это дар милосердия, пусть проявляет его с весельем.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - если это дар ободрять, пусть ободряет; если это дар помогать нуждающимся, пусть даёт щедро; если это дар начальствования, пусть будет усерден; если это дар милосердия, пусть проявляет его с весельем.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que celui qui a reçu un ministère d’encouragement encourage. Que celui qui donne le fasse sans arrière-pensée ; que celui qui dirige le fasse avec sérieux ; que celui qui secourt les malheureux le fasse avec joie.
- リビングバイブル - 説教をする人であれば、人の助けとなるように説教しなさい。多くのものを与えられているなら、惜しみなく分け与えなさい。管理者としての賜物を与えられ、人々を監督する立場にあるなら、その責任を誠実に果たしなさい。悲しんでいる者を慰める賜物のある人は、喜んでそうしなさい。
- Nestle Aland 28 - εἴτε ὁ παρακαλῶν ἐν τῇ παρακλήσει· ὁ μεταδιδοὺς ἐν ἁπλότητι, ὁ προϊστάμενος ἐν σπουδῇ, ὁ ἐλεῶν ἐν ἱλαρότητι.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἴτε ὁ παρακαλῶν, ἐν τῇ παρακλήσει; ὁ μεταδιδοὺς, ἐν ἁπλότητι; ὁ προϊστάμενος, ἐν σπουδῇ; ὁ ἐλεῶν, ἐν ἱλαρότητι.
- Nova Versão Internacional - se é dar ânimo, que assim faça; se é contribuir, que contribua generosamente; se é exercer liderança, que a exerça com zelo; se é mostrar misericórdia, que o faça com alegria.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wer andere ermahnen und ermutigen kann, der nutze diese Gabe. Wer Bedürftige unterstützt, soll das gerecht und unparteiisch tun. Wer eine Gemeinde zu leiten hat, der setze sich ganz für sie ein. Wer sich um Menschen in Not kümmert, der soll es gerne tun.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ai khích lệ, hãy tận tình khích lệ. Ai cứu tế, hãy dâng hiến rời rộng. Ai lãnh đạo, hãy tận tâm lãnh đạo. Ai an ủi người đau khổ, hãy hết lòng an ủi.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้ามีด้านการให้กำลังใจ ก็ให้เขาให้กำลังใจ ถ้ามีด้านการช่วยเหลือในสิ่งที่ผู้อื่นขัดสน ก็ให้เขาให้ด้วยใจกว้างขวาง ถ้ามีด้านการเป็นผู้นำ ก็ให้เขาปกครองด้วยความเอาใจใส่ ถ้ามีด้านการแสดงความเมตตา ก็ให้เขาทำด้วยใจยินดี
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าเป็นการให้กำลังใจ ก็จงให้เขาให้กำลังใจ ถ้าเป็นการบริจาค ก็จงให้ด้วยใจเอื้อเฟื้อ ถ้าเป็นผู้นำ ก็จงให้เขานำด้วยความขยันขันแข็ง ถ้าเป็นการแสดงความเมตตา ก็จงให้เขาปฏิบัติด้วยความยินดี
Cross Reference
- 1 Peter 4:9 - Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
- 1 Peter 4:10 - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
- 1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Peter 5:2 - Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
- 1 Peter 5:3 - not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- Isaiah 58:7 - Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?
- Isaiah 58:8 - Then your light will appear like the dawn, and your recovery will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.
- Isaiah 58:9 - At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out, he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you get rid of the yoke among you, the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,
- Isaiah 58:10 - and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Isaiah 58:11 - The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.
- Matthew 25:40 - “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3 - For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.
- 2 Corinthians 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
- Job 31:16 - If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
- Job 31:17 - if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it —
- Job 31:18 - for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow —
- Job 31:19 - if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,
- Job 31:20 - if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
- Deuteronomy 15:8 - Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 - Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 - Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 - For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.’
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 - Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 - For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
- Psalms 37:21 - The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous one is gracious and giving.
- Acts 11:28 - One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.
- Acts 11:29 - Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.
- Acts 11:30 - They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.
- Matthew 6:2 - So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
- Matthew 6:3 - But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
- Matthew 6:4 - so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:3 - On the other hand, the person who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.
- Acts 20:2 - And when he had passed through those areas and offered them many words of encouragement, he came to Greece
- 1 Timothy 3:4 - He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity.
- 1 Timothy 3:5 - (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
- Isaiah 64:5 - You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
- Deuteronomy 16:11 - Rejoice before the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to have his name dwell — you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your city gates, as well as the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
- Isaiah 32:5 - A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.
- Acts 2:44 - Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.
- Acts 2:45 - They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.
- Acts 2:46 - Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,
- Hebrews 13:24 - Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy send you greetings.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
- Genesis 18:19 - For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what he promised him.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
- Acts 13:12 - Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
- Luke 21:1 - He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.
- Luke 21:2 - He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.
- Luke 21:3 - “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
- Luke 21:4 - For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
- 1 Timothy 4:13 - Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching.
- Hebrews 13:22 - Brothers and sisters, I urge you to receive this message of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
- Psalms 112:9 - He distributes freely to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted in honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1 - Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2 - Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 - Rejoice during your festival — you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates.
- Deuteronomy 16:15 - You are to hold a seven-day festival for the Lord your God in the place he chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.
- Ephesians 6:5 - Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.
- Hebrews 13:17 - Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
- 2 Corinthians 9:13 - Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone.
- Romans 12:13 - Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.
- Hebrews 13:7 - Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.
- Romans 13:6 - And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.
- Colossians 3:22 - Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 15:14 - Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with.
- Proverbs 22:9 - A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
- Psalms 101:1 - I will sing of faithful love and justice; I will sing praise to you, Lord.
- Psalms 101:2 - I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.
- Psalms 101:3 - I will not let anything worthless guide me. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me.
- Psalms 101:4 - A devious heart will be far from me; I will not be involved with evil.
- Psalms 101:5 - I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.
- Psalms 101:6 - My eyes favor the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me.
- Psalms 101:7 - No one who acts deceitfully will live in my palace; the one who tells lies will not be retained here to guide me.
- Psalms 101:8 - Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, wiping out all evildoers from the Lord’s city.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:13 - and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are idle, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
- Acts 4:33 - With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.
- Acts 4:34 - For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,
- Acts 4:35 - and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed to each person as any had need.
- Isaiah 32:8 - But a noble person plans noble things; he stands up for noble causes.
- Acts 20:28 - Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1 - We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia:
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 - During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3 - I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord,
- 2 Corinthians 8:4 - they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,
- 2 Corinthians 8:5 - and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.
- 2 Corinthians 8:6 - So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:7 - Now as you excel in everything — in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us — excel also in this act of grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 - I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 - In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hand rest, because you don’t know which will succeed, whether one or the other, or if both of them will be equally good.
- Acts 13:15 - After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”
- Hebrews 10:25 - not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.
- Acts 15:32 - Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.
- 1 Timothy 5:17 - The elders who are good leaders are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 - Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.