2 Corinthians 8:11

Now therefore perform ye it also in deed; that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And herein I give my advice; for this is profitable for you, who have begun not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

12For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your forward mind: for which I boast of you to the Macedonians. That Achaia also is ready from the year past, and your emulation hath provoked very many.

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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