2 Corinthians 8:13 Parallel Translations
NASB: For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality-- (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I don't mean that others should have relief while you have hardship. Rather, it's a matter of striking a balance.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
ASV: For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;
BBE: And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
DBY: For it is not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,
ERV: For I say not this, that others may be eased, and ye distressed:
WEY: I do not urge you to give in order that others may have relief while you are unduly pressed,
WBS: For I mean not that other men should be eased, and you burdened:
WEB: For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
YLT: for not that for others release, and ye pressured, do I speak,
2 Corinthians 8:13 Cross References
XREF:2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:14 at this present time your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality; (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 8:13 {7} For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
(7) Christian liberality is mutual, so that one does not have too much, and the other to little.
PNT: 8:13 [I mean] not that other men should be eased. I wish all to give according to what they have, other churches as well as you.
And ye burdened. Nor do I mean to burden you that the saints at Jerusalem may be at ease.
MHC: 8:10-15 Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to behold, and give hopes of good fruit; but they are lost, and signify nothing without good deeds. Good beginnings are well; but we lose the benefit, unless there is perseverance. When men purpose that which is good, and endeavour, according to their ability, to perform also, God will not reject them for what it is not in their power to do. But this scripture will not justify those who think good meanings are enough, or that good purposes, and the mere profession of a willing mind, are enough to save. Providence gives to some more of the good things of this world, and to some less, that those who have abundance might supply others who are in want. It is the will of God, that by our mutual supplying one another, there should be some sort of equality; not such a levelling as would destroy property, for in such a case there could be no exercise of charity. All should think themselves concerned to relieve those in want. This is shown from the gathering and giving out the manna in the wilderness, Ex 16:18. Those who have most of this world, have no more than food and raiment; and those who have but little of this world, seldom are quite without them.
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