"For {I mean} not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:" — 2 Corinthians 8:13

2 Corinthians 8:13 · KJV

“For {I mean} not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:”

— 2 Corinthians 8:13

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

Verse 14

But by an equality, {that} now at this time your abundance {may be a supply} for their want, that their abundance also may be {a supply} for your want: that there may be equality:

2 Corinthians 8 — Context

Now therefore perform the doing {of it}; that as {there was} a readiness to will, so {there may be} a performance also out of that which ye have.

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

For {I mean} not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

But by an equality, {that} now at this time your abundance {may be a supply} for their want, that their abundance also may be {a supply} for your want: that there may be equality:

As it is written, He that {had gathered} much had nothing over; and he that {had gathered} little had no lack.

Cross References

Acts 4:34

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

Romans 15:26-27

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.