2 Corinthians 8:11

New English Translation

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

Cross References

Exodus 25:2

“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:19

In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

2 Corinthians 8:3

For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

2 Corinthians 9:2

because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.