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2 Corinthians 8:12

GenerosityMoney and wealthContentment

10 And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

11 Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

13 It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

14 At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality.

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BSB
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
KJV
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
WEB
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
ASV
For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.
DARBY
For if the readiness be there, [a man is] accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.
BLB
For if the readiness is present, [it is] acceptable as if he may have, not as he does not have.
ÅB
For er redebonheten forhånden, da er den velbehagelig etter det den har, og ikke etter det den ikke har.
OTB
For hvis villigheten er der, er det akseptabelt etter hva en person har, ikke etter hva de ikke har.
B1930
For er redebonheten forhånden, da er den velbehagelig efter det den har, og ikke efter det den ikke har.

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Cross references

  • Mark 12:42–44

    Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

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  • Luke 21:1–4

    Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

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  • Exodus 35:29

    So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:7

    Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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  • Exodus 35:21–22

    And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

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  • Exodus 25:2

    “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

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  • Exodus 35:5

    Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

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  • 1 Peter 4:10

    As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

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