2 Corinthians 8:10-15

International Standard Version

¹⁰ I am giving you my opinion on this matter because it will be helpful to you. Last year you were not only willing to do something, but had already started to do it. ¹¹ Now finish what you began, so that your eagerness to do so may be matched by your eagerness^[a] to complete it. ¹² For if the eagerness is there, the gift^[b] is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.

¹³ Not that others should have relief while you have hardship. Rather, it is a question of fairness. ¹⁴ At the present time, your surplus fills their need, so that their surplus may fill your need. In this way things are fair. ¹⁵ As it is written,