The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Experiment

eks-per'-i-ment (dokime, "approvedness," "tried character"):

"The experiment of this ministration" (2Co 9:13 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the proving of you by his ministration"), i.e. the sincerity of their Christian profession was evidenced by their liberal contribution.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.