◄ 2 Corinthians 8:13 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between

Contemporary English Version
I am not trying to make life easier for others by making life harder for you. But it is only fair

New American Bible
not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality.

not.

Acts 4:34 For neither was there any one needy among them. For as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the price of the things they sold,

Romans 15:26,27 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in Jerusalem. . . .

Context
Christ's Example
…12For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not. 13For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality. 14In this present time let your abundance supply their want, that their abundance also may supply your want: that there may be an equality,…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.

2 Corinthians 8:14
In this present time let your abundance supply their want, that their abundance also may supply your want: that there may be an equality,

2 Corinthians 8:12
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