New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 8:6-16

6SoG3779 we 1urgedG3870 2TitusG5103 that as he had previouslyG4278 3madeG4278 a beginningG4278, soG3779 he would alsoG2532 completeG2005 in you 4thisG3778 graciousG5485 workG5485 as wellG2532.

7But justG5618 as you 5aboundG4052 6in everythingG3956, in faithG4102 and utteranceG3056 and knowledgeG1108 and in allG3956 earnestnessG4710 and in the 7loveG26 we inspiredG1537 in you, see that you 8aboundG4052 in thisG3778 graciousG5485 workG5485 alsoG2532. 8I 9am not speakingG3004 this as a commandG2003, but as provingG1381 throughG1223 the earnestnessG4710 of othersG2087 the sincerityG1103 of your loveG26 alsoG2532. 9For you knowG1097 10the graceG5485 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, that 11though He was richG4145, yet for your sakeG1223 He becameG4433 poorG4434, soG2443 that you through His povertyG4432 might becomeG4147 richG4147. 10I 12giveG1325 my opinionG1106 in thisG3778 matter, for thisG3778 is to your advantageG4851, whoG3748 were the firstG4278 to beginG4278 13a yearG4070 agoG4070 not onlyG3440 to doG4160 this, but alsoG2532 to desireG2309 to do it. 11But nowG3570 finishG2005 14doingG4160 it alsoG2532, soG3779 that justG2509 as there was the 15readinessG4288 to desireG2309 it, soG3779 there may be alsoG2532 the completionG2005 of it by your abilityG2192. 12For ifG1487 the readinessG4288 is presentG4295, it is acceptableG2144 16accordingG2526 to what a person hasG2192, not accordingG2526 to what he does not haveG2192. 13For this is not for the easeG425 of othersG243 and for your afflictionG2347, but by wayG1537 of equalityG2471-- 14at thisG3588 presentG3568 timeG2540 your abundanceG4051 being a supply for 17their needG5303, soG2443 that their abundanceG4051 alsoG2532 may becomeG1096 a supply for 18your needG5303, that there may be equalityG2471; 15as it is writtenG1125, “19He who gathered muchG4183 did not haveG4121 tooG4121 muchG4121, and he who gathered littleG3641 hadG1641 noG3756 lackG1641.”

16But 20thanksG5485 be to GodG2316 who 21putsG1325 the sameG846 earnestnessG4710 on your behalfG5228 in the heartG2588 of 22TitusG5103.

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Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 8:17; 12:18 ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 2:13; 8:16, 23 ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Cor 8:10 ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 8:6 Acts 24:17; Rom 15:25f ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Rom 15:14; 1 Cor 1:5; 12:8 ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Lit love from us in you; one early ms reads your love for us ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 8:8 1 Cor 7:6 ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 8:9 2 Cor 13:14 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Matt 20:28; 2 Cor 6:10; Phil 2:6f ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 8:10 1 Cor 7:25, 40 ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 8:10 1 Cor 16:2f; 2 Cor 9:2 ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Lit the doing ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 8:11 2 Cor 8:12, 19; 9:2 ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 8:12 Mark 12:43f; Luke 21:3, 4; 2 Cor 9:7 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 8:14 Acts 4:34; 2 Cor 9:12 ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 8:14 Acts 4:34; 2 Cor 9:12 ↩
19. 2 Corinthians 8:15 Ex 16:18 ↩
20. 2 Corinthians 8:16 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
21. 2 Corinthians 8:16 Rev 17:17 ↩
22. 2 Corinthians 8:16 2 Cor 2:13; 8:6, 23 ↩

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