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2 Corinthians 8:15-17
New English Translation

15 as it is written: “The one who gathered[a] much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”[b]

The Mission of Titus

16 But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion[c] I have for you, 17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager,[d] he is coming[e] to you of his own accord.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:15 sn A quotation from Exod 16:18.
  3. 2 Corinthians 8:16 tn Or “eagerness.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.
  5. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
  6. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn Or “of his own free will.”
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