2 Corinthians 8:13 - Revised Version 1885

For I say not this, that others may be eased, and ye distressed:

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For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

For it is not [intended] that other people be eased and relieved [of their responsibility] and you be burdened and suffer [unfairly],

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

It isn’t that we want others to have financial ease and you financial difficulties, but it’s a matter of equality.

And it is not that others should be relieved, while you are troubled, but that there should be an equality.

For I mean not that others should be eased, and you burthened, but by an equality.