2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13For I mean not that others should be eased, and you burthened, but by an equality.
Cross References
Exodus 35:5Set aside with you firstfuits to the Lord. Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart, offer them to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus 35:24Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, and setim wood for divers uses.
1 Chronicles 29:3Now over and above the things which I have offered into the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things I have prepared for the holy house.
Proverbs 19:22A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
Matthew 25:22And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two.
Mark 14:7For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.
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 →