‘Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.
2 Corinthians 8:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now finish doing it, that your [enthusiastic] readiness in desiring it may be equalled by your completion of it according to your ability and means. American Standard Version (1901) But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. Common English Bible Now finish the job as well so that you finish it with as much enthusiasm as you started, given what you can afford. Catholic Public Domain Version So, truly now, accomplish this in deed, so that, in the same manner as your willing mind is prompted, you may also act, out of that which you have. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore perform ye it also in deed; that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have. |
‘Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gracious gift that we are administering for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.
I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord,
For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, ‘Achaia has been ready since last year’, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.