2 Corinthians 8:9-15

English Standard Version

⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ^(A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. ¹⁰And in this matter ^(B)I give my judgment: ^(C)this benefits you, who ^(D)a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. ¹¹So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. ¹²For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable ^(E)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. ¹³For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness ¹⁴your abundance at the present time should supply ^(F)their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. ¹⁵As it is written, ^(G)“Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”

Read full chapter

2 Corinthians 8:9-15

New International Version

⁹For you know the grace^(A) of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(B) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,^(C) so that you through his poverty might become rich.^(D)

¹⁰And here is my judgment^(E) about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.^(F) ¹¹Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness^(G) to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. ¹²For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has,^(H) not according to what one does not have.

¹³Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. ¹⁴At the present time your plenty will supply what they need,^(I) so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, ¹⁵as 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]^(J)