2 Corinthians 8:11-19

11But now finish doing it, so that just as there was eagerness to be willing, so also to finish it, out of what you have.

12For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.

13For it is not relief for others and hardship for you, but as a matter of equality.

14Your abundance at this present time meets their need, so that their abundance may also meet your need—so that there may be equality.

15As it is written, “He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little.”

16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion for you.

17For indeed he not only accepted our appeal, but went to you with eagerness and on his own initiative.

18We are sending along with him the brother whose fame in connection with the Good News has spread throughout all of Messiah’s communities.

19Not only that, but he has also been appointed by the communities as our travel companion with this gracious gift, which is administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.