2 Corinthians 8:13

I do not mean there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a matter of equality. At the present time your abundance should provide for their need,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For if the eager willingness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

14so that in turn their abundance may provide for your need, and thus there may be equality.

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Cross References

Acts 4:34There was no one needy among them, for all who owned plots of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was 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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