2 Corinthians 8:12 — Meaning and Application

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. {forward: Gr. willing}

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: