2 Corinthians 8:13

For it is not, so that ease is for others and stress for you, but out of parity your abundance at the present time is for the need of those men.

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In The King James Version

For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

In Context

12For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.

14So that the abundance of those men may also happen for your need, so that there may become equity,

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Cross References

Acts 4:34For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:8-16

Charity Urged. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient… Read the whole commentary →

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