2 Corinthians 8
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2 Corinthians 8:11-19

11But nowG1161 completeG2005 the doing alsoG2532; that as there was the readinessG4288 to willG2309, so there may be the completion alsoG2532 out of your ability. 12For if the readinessG4288 is there, it is acceptableG2144 according as a man hath, not according as he hath not. 13For I say not this that othersG243 may be eased and ye distressed; 14but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this presentG3568 timeG2540 for their want, that their abundance alsoG2532 may becomeG1096 a supply for your want; that there may be equality: 15as it is writtenG1125, He that gathered muchG4183 had nothing over; and he that gathered littleG3641 had no lack.

16But thanksG5485 be to GodG2316, who putteth the sameG846 earnest care for you into the heartG2588 of TitusG5103. 17For he acceptedG1209 indeedG3303 our exhortationG3874; but being himself very earnestG4705, he wentG1831 forthG1831 unto you of his own accord. 18And we have sent together with him the brotherG80 whose praiseG1868 in the gospelG2098 is spread through all the churchesG1577; 19and not onlyG3440 so, but who was alsoG2532 appointed by the churchesG1577 to travel with us in the matter of this graceG5485, which is ministeredG1247 by us to the gloryG1391 of the LordG2962, and to show our readinessG4288:

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