2 Corinthians 8:13

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Corinthians 8:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

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KJV

King James Version

For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

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WEB

World English Bible

For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

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ASV

American Standard Version

For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For [it is] not that to others [is] relief [and] for you⁺ tribulation, but of equality.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Corinthians 8

¹¹ Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.

¹² For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

¹³ It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

¹⁴ At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.

¹⁵ As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

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