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Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] covetousness.
Note 6 at 2 Cor. 9:5: Paul has exhorted Titus and the other brethren (v.3) to go ahead of him and arrange to receive the promised gift of the Corinthians. When it is ready and Paul arrives it will demonstrate that the Corinthians' gave willingly and not under pressure. The phrase, "not as of covetousness" means "not grudgingly given" but generously, because they wanted to.
Note 7 at 2 Cor. 9:5: Many ministers don't care about motives. All they want is the money. But, God doesn't want an offering which is given with the wrong motive. Gifts given from the wrong motives profit the giver nothing (see note 6 at 1 Cor. 13:3, p. 938).
