2 Corinthians 8:14

but that ye may be on equality at the present time; and that your abundance may be a supply to their want; that their abundance likewise may be a supply to your want; that there may be equality.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

In Context

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

15As it is written, He who gathered much, had nothing over; and he that gathered little, was not deficient.

Read all of 2 Corinthians 8

Cross References

Acts 4:34And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Corinthians 8:14