2 Corinthians 8:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For if the [eager] readiness to give is there, then it is acceptable and welcomed in proportion to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

American Standard Version (1901)

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

Common English Bible

A gift is appreciated because of what a person can afford, not because of what that person can’t afford, if it’s apparent that it’s done willingly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.

2 Corinthians 8:12 Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

Exodus 25:2

“Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.

Exodus 35:24

Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s offering, and everyone who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.

Exodus 35:29

All the Israelite men and women whose hearts made them willing to bring anything for the work that the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord.

Exodus 35:5

Take from among you an offering to the Lord; let whoever is of a generous heart bring the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Matthew 25:17

In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents.

Matthew 25:22

And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.’

Luke 16:10

“Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

2 Corinthians 8:11

Now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means.

2 Corinthians 8:13

For I do not mean that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality between

2 Corinthians 8:19

and not only that, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us while we are administering this generous undertaking for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our goodwill.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 Peter 4:10

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.