11 But now finish [a]doing it also, so that just as there was the (A)willingness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. 12 For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable (B)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 13 For this is not for the relief of others and for your hardship, but by way of equality—

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Lit the doing

11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness(A) to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has,(B) not according to what one does not have.

13 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality.

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