2 Corinthians 8:13

This is not to make things easier for others and harder for you, but simply to be fair.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12If the willingness is there, it's fine to give what you have, not what you don't have!

14At the moment you have more than enough and can meet their needs, and in turn when they have more than enough they can meet your needs. In that way everyone is treated fairly.

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Cross References

Acts 4:34None of them needed anything because those who had lands or properties sold them.

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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