Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For—Following up the rule "out of that which ye have" (II Corinthians 8:11), and no more.
a willing mind—rather, as Greek, "the readiness," namely, to will, referring to II Corinthians 8:11.
accepted—Greek "favorably accepted."
according to that a man hath—The oldest manuscripts omit "a man." Translate, "According to whatsoever it have"; the willing mind, or "readiness" to will, is personified [ALFORD]. Or better, as BENGEL, "He is accepted according to whatsoever he have"; so II Corinthians 9:7, The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." Compare as to David, I Kings 8:18. God accepts the will for the deed. He judges not according to what a man has the opportunity to do, but according to what he would do if he had the opportunity (compare Mark 14:8; and the widow's mite, Luke 21:3-4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 8:12:
Luke 21:3
John 12:8
1 Corinthians 16:2
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