11 but now you also must complete the doing ofit; that as therewas a readiness to desire it, so there also maybe a completion out of what you have.
12 For aif there is first a willing mind, itis accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
13 For Ido not mean that others should be eased and you burdened;
14 but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance maysupply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality.
15 As it is written, a“He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
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16 But thanks be to God who1 puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
17 For he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord.
II Corinthians 8:13 [I mean] not that other men should be eased. I wish all to give according to what they have, other churches as well as you. And ye burdened. Nor do I mean to burden you that the saints at Jerusalem may be at ease.
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