2 Corinthians 8:13

I do not urge you to give in order that others may have relief while you are unduly pressed,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and not according to what he has not.

14but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in turn be a supply for your deficiency later on, so that there may be equalization of burdens.

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Cross References

Acts 4:34And, in fact, there was not a needy man among them, for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the money which they realised,

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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