2 Corinthians 8:13

for I do not speak that for others [to be] released, and you pressured,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12for if the willing mind is present, it is well-accepted according to that which anyone may have, not according to that which he does not have;

14but by equality, at the present time your abundance—for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

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Cross References

Acts 4:34for there was not anyone among them who lacked, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling [them], were bringing the prices of the thing 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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