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12 If the eagerness is there, you see, the deed is acceptable, according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. 13 The point is not, after all, that others should get off lightly and you be made to suffer, but rather that there should be equality. 14 At the present time your abundance can contribute to their lack, so that their abundance can contribute to your lack. That’s what makes for 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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