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.”
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:
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:
Related Verses
“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 to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;”
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
“And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”
“I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.”