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11 So now finish this, so that your eagerness in desiring it may be equaled by your completion of it, according to your ability. 12 For if the eagerness [to give] is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. 13 For it is not [intended] that others be relieved [of their responsibility] and that you be [a]burdened [unfairly], but [b]that there be equality [in sharing the burden]—

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Lit afflicted.
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Lit 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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