2 Corinthians 8:7-15
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) 13 It is not that there may be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality[d]— 14 at the present time your surplus is available for their need, so their abundance may also become available for our need, so there may be equality. 15 As it has been written:
The person who gathered much
did not have too much,
and the person who gathered little
did not have too little.(F)[e]
Notas al pie
- 2 Corinthians 8:7 Other mss read in our love for you
- 2 Corinthians 8:10 Lit to will
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 Lit finish the doing
- 2 Corinthians 8:13 Lit but from equality
- 2 Corinthians 8:15 Ex 16:18
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