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12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a person has, and not according to what he does not have.

13 It is not my mind that others be set at ease and you be burdened, 14 but, so that there be equality now at this time, that your abundance may relieve their lack, and that their abundance also hereafter may supply your lack – so that there may be equality,

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12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has,(A) 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. 14 At the present time your plenty will supply what they need,(B) so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality,

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