2 Corinthians 8:8-13

8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the diligence of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10And in this I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.1 11Now therefore finish 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. 12For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. 13For I mean not that other men should be eased, and you burdened: