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11 But now indeed complete the doing, so that just as was the eagerness of the wanting, so also may be the completing out of what you have.

A Gift Proportionate To Your Abundance Is Acceptable For Their Need

12 For if the eagerness is there, it [a] is acceptable to whatever degree a person may have, not to-the-degree he does not have. 13 For it is not in order that there may be rest[b] for others, affliction[c] for you, but out of equality[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:12 That is, a gift, the concrete expression of your eagerness.
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, relief, abatement, relaxation.
  3. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, pressure, trouble.
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, fairness, equity.

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