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13 For it is not in order that there may be rest[a] for others, affliction[b] for you, but out of equality[c] 14 at the present time your abundance[d] being for the need of those ones, in order that the abundance of those ones also may come-to-be for your need, so that there may be equality. 15 Just as it has been written [in Ex 16:18], “The one gathering much did not increase[e], and the one gathering little did not have-less”.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, relief, abatement, relaxation.
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, pressure, trouble.
  3. 2 Corinthians 8:13 Or, fairness, equity.
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:14 Or, surplus, leftovers.
  5. 2 Corinthians 8:15 That is, beyond their need. Likewise next. The Israelites gathered the same amount of manna for each person; none had an excess or a shortage.

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