2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

11And now complete ye by action, what ye purposed; that as ye had a promptitude in your purposing, so ye may fulfill it in action, according to your ability.

13For it is not, that others may have easement, and you pressure;

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Cross References

Matthew 25:22And he of the two talents came, and said: My lord, thou gavest me two talents; behold, I have by trading gained two more to them.

Mark 14:7For the poor ye have always with you; and when ye please, ye can do them kind offices: but I am not always with you.

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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