2Cor 9:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. that they would go before-- Translate, "that they should," &c. whereof ye had notice before-- rather, "promised before"; "long announced by me to the Macedonians" ( ) [Bengel]. "Your promised bounty" [Ellicott and others]. not as of covetousness-- Translate, "not as matter of covetousness," which it would be, if you gave niggardly.

‏ 2 Corinthians 9:5

5. that they would go before--Translate, "that they should," &c.

whereof ye had notice before--rather, "promised before"; "long announced by me to the Macedonians" (2Co 9:2) [Bengel]. "Your promised bounty" [Ellicott and others].

not as of covetousness--Translate, "not as matter of covetousness," which it would be, if you gave niggardly.