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13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality. 14 At the present time, your abundance will meet their need,[a] so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality, 15 as it is written: “The one who gathered[b] much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”[c]

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:14 tn Or “their lack.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:15 tn The word “gathered” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (so also for the second occurrence of the word later in the verse).
  3. 2 Corinthians 8:15 sn A quotation from Exod 16:18.