2 Corinthians 8:10-15

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ Here is my opinion about what is best for you in that matter. Last year you were the first to give. You were also the first to want to give. ¹¹ So finish the work. Then your desire to do it will be matched by your finishing it. Give on the basis of what you have. ¹² Do you really want to give? Then the gift is measured by what someone has. It is not measured by what they don’t have.

¹³ We don’t want others to have it easy at your expense. We want things to be equal. ¹⁴ Right now you have plenty in order to take care of what they need. Then they will have plenty to take care of what you need. The goal is to even things out. ¹⁵ It is written, “The one who gathered a lot didn’t have too much. And the one who gathered a little had enough.” (Exodus 16:18)