2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, not according to what he has not.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11And now perform the doing of it also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the performance according to what ye have.

13For it is not that others may be eased, and ye burdened;

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Cross References

Matthew 25:22And he also that received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents beside them.

Mark 14:7For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye 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 →

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