¹⁰ And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.^{(A) 11} Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have. ¹² For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.^{(B) 13} It is not that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality.^{[a] 14} At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality. ¹⁵ As it is written: The person who had much did not have too much, and the person who had little did not have too little.^[b](C)