2 Corinthians 8:11
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Now therefore perform ye it also in deed: that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have.

Context
Christ's Example
10And herein I give my advice: for this is profitable for you who have begun not only to do but also to be willing, a year ago. 11Now therefore perform ye it also in deed: that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have. 12For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.…
Cross References
Exodus 25:2
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

2 Corinthians 8:3
For according to their power (I bear them witness) and beyond their power, they were willing:

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 8:19
And not that only: but he was also ordained by the churches companion of our travels, for this grace, which is administered by us, to the glory of the Lord and our determined will:

2 Corinthians 9:2
For I know your forward mind: for which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia also is ready from the year past. And your emulation hath provoked very many.

Lexicon
Now
νυνὶ (nyni)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3570: A prolonged form of nun for emphasis; just now.

finish
ἐπιτελέσατε (epitelesate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2005: To complete, accomplish, perfect. From epi and teleo; to fulfill further, i.e. Execute; by implication, to terminate, undergo.

the work,
ποιῆσαι (poiēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

so that
ὅπως (hopōs)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3704: From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual).

you may complete it
ἐπιτελέσαι (epitelesai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2005: To complete, accomplish, perfect. From epi and teleo; to fulfill further, i.e. Execute; by implication, to terminate, undergo.

just as
καθάπερ (kathaper)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2509: Even as, just as. From katha and per; exactly as.

eagerly
προθυμία (prothymia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4288: Inclination, readiness, eagerness, willingness, promptness. From prothumos; predisposition, i.e. Alacrity.

as you began,
θέλειν (thelein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

according to
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[your]
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

means.
ἔχειν (echein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.


Additional Translations
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

And now also complete the doing, so that just as there was the readiness to will, so also there may be to complete, out of that which you have.

Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which you have.

But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

But now also complete the doing of it; so that as [there was] the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.

But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

Now 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.

And now complete the doing also, in order that, just as there was then the eagerness in desiring, there may now be the accomplishment in proportion to your means.

But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

and now also finish doing it, that even as there is the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,
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