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2 Corinthians 8:12

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12For if the eagerness is present according to what one hasa, it is acceptable not according to what one does not haveb.

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Footnotes

  1. aLiterally “to the degree that if he might have”
  2. bLiterally “to the degree that he might not have”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

NLTNew Living Translation

Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.