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2 Corinthians 8:13-15
Contemporary English Version
2 Corinthians 8:13-15
Contemporary English Version
13 I am not trying to make life easier for others by making life harder for you. But it is only fair 14 for you to share with them when you have so much, and they have so little. Later, when they have more than enough, and you are in need, they can share with you. Then everyone will have a fair share, 15 (A) just as the Scriptures say,
“Those who gathered
too much
had nothing left.
Those who gathered
only a little
had all they needed.”
2 Corinthians 8:13-15
New International Version
2 Corinthians 8:13-15
New International Version
13 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. 14 At the present time your plenty will supply what they need,(A) so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, 15 as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 8:15 Exodus 16:18
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