2 Corinthians 8:13
11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
12 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.
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
- KJV
- For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
- WEB
- For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
- ASV
- For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;
- DARBY
- For [it is] not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,
- BLB
- For [it is] not that to others [is] relief [and] for you⁺ tribulation, but of equality.
- ÅB
- For dette sier jeg, ikke for at andre skal ha lettelse og dere trengsel,
- OTB
- For dette er ikke ment å lette andre og belaste dere, men som et spørsmål om rettferdighet—
- B1930
- For dette sier jeg, ikke forat andre skal ha lettelse og I trengsel,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 4:34
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Read in contextRomans 15:26–27
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
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