2 Corinthians 8:13

For I mean not that others should be eased, and you burthened, but by an equality.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

14In this present time let your abundance supply their want, that their abundance also may supply your want, that there may be an equality,

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Cross References

Acts 4:34For neither was there any one needy among them. For as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the price of the things they 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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