11 Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have. 12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.(A) 13 It is not that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:13 Lit but from equality

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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