2 Corinthians 8:13

It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

14At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.

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Cross References

Acts 4:34There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

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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