King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 8:12
“For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 8
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And herein I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
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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 ye have.
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For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.
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For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
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But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:
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Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.
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