2 Corinthians 8:11

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9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^athat though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become ^brich.

10 And in this ^aI give advice: ^bIt is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and ^cwere desiring to do a year ago;

11 but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have.

12 For ^aif there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

13 For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened;

14 but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality.

Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 8:11

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American Standard Version
But now complete the doing also; that as `there was' the readiness to will, so `there may be' the completion also out of your ability.

Amplified® Bible
So now finish doing it, that your [enthusiastic] readiness in desiring it may be equalled by your completion of it according to your ability {and} means.

Contemporary English Version
I think you should finish what you started. If you give according to what you have, you will prove that you are as eager to give as you were to think about giving.

Darby English Version
But now also complete the doing of it; so that as [there was] the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.

Good News Bible
On with it, then, and finish the job! Be as eager to finish it as you were to plan it, and do it with what you now have.

International Standard Version
Now finish doing it, so that your eagerness to undertake it may be matched by its completion, in keeping with what you have.

King James Version
Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

New American Standard Bible
But now finish doing it also, so that just as {there was} the readiness to desire it, so {there may be} also the completion of it by your ability.

New International Version
Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

New King James Version
but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But now finish doing it also, so that just as you had the readiness to desire it, so you may complete it by your ability.

Young's Literal Translation
and now also finish doing `it', that even as `there is' the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,

New English Translation
to finish what you started,¹ so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly,² you can also complete it³ according to your means.⁴

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