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10 And I (A)give my opinion in this matter, for this is profitable for you, who were the first to begin (B)a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it. 11 But now complete [a]doing it also, so that just as there was the (C)readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it from what you have. 12 For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable (D)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 13 For this is not for the relief of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality— 14 at this present time your abundance being a supply for (E)their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for (F)your need, that there may be equality. 15 As it is written, “(G)He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little had no lack.”

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Lit the doing

10 Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it. 11 Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. Give in proportion to what you have. 12 Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have. 13 Of course, I don’t mean your giving should make life easy for others and hard for yourselves. I only mean that there should be some equality. 14 Right now you have plenty and can help those who are in need. Later, they will have plenty and can share with you when you need it. In this way, things will be equal. 15 As the Scriptures say,

“Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over,
    and those who gathered only a little had enough.”[a]

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  1. 8:15 Exod 16:18.