2 Corinthians 8:7-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷ Now as you excel in everything—faith, speech, knowledge,^(A) and in all diligence, and in your love for us^[a]—excel also in this grace.

⁸ I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich,^(B) for your sake He became poor,^(C) so that by His poverty you might become rich. ¹⁰ Now I am giving an opinion on this because it is profitable for you, who a year ago began not only to do something but also to desire it.^{[b](D) 11} But now finish the task^[c] as well, that just as there was eagerness to desire it, so there may also be a completion from what you have. ¹² For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.^(E)