Bible verse
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
2 Corinthians 8:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Corinthians 8.
8 I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
10 And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
11 Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
13 It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
14 At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality.
15 As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
16 But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
KJV
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.
ASV
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.
ERV
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.
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