2 Corinthians 8:11
“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.”
For 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.
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.
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.
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.
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
Related Verses
“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.”
“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.”
“For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;”
“Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.”
“Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:”