2 Corinthians 8:7-15

21st Century King James Version

⁷ Therefore as ye abound in everything — in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us — see that ye abound in this grace also.

⁸ I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forthcoming of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.

¹⁰ And herein I give my advice, for this is expedient for you, who began earlier not only to do, but also to be in the forefront a year ago.

¹¹ Now therefore perform the doing of it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

¹² For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not.

¹³ For I do not mean that other men should be eased and ye burdened,

¹⁴ but that there be an equality: that now at this time your abundance may supply their want, that their abundance may also supply your want, that there may be equality.

¹⁵ As it is written: “He that had gathered much had nothing left over, and he that had gathered little had no lack.”