2 Corinthians 8:13

For I do not mean that others should have relief, and you be burdened:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For if there be first a willing mind, any me is accepted according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

14but by an equality, that your abundance may at this time be a supply to their want; and their abundance may be the like to your want, if need be: that there may be an equality:

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Cross References

Acts 4:34Neither was there any indigent person among them; for as many as were proprietors of lands or houses, sold them and brought the prices of what were 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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