2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is first a ready mind, a man is acceptable according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

In Context

11Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of that which ye have.

13For I mean not that there should be ease for others and a burden on you;

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Cross References

Matthew 25:22Then came also he that had received the two talents: and said, Sir, thou deliveredst to me two talents: lo! I have gained to them two other talents.

Mark 14:7For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

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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