2 Corinthians 8:12
If the willingness is there, it's fine to give what you have, not what you don't have!
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In Context
13This is not to make things easier for others and harder for you, but simply to be fair.
Cross References
Exodus 35:5Collect an offering to the Lord from what you have. Everyone who wants to should bring an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze;
Exodus 35:24Those who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a gift to the Lord. Everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work donated it.
1 Chronicles 29:3More than this, because of my devotion to the house of my God, I'm now giving my personal fortune of gold and silver, in addition to everything that I have provided for this holy house.
Proverbs 19:22The most desirable thing in anyone is trustworthy love; it is better to be poor than a liar.
Matthew 25:22The one with two talents also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘You gave me two talents. Look, I've made a profit of two talents.’
Mark 14:7You'll always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you won't always have me with you.
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 →