2 Corinthians 8:11 BSB

2 Corinthians 8:11

Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1274)

And because you are eager to give, therefore, now complete in deed what you had in your intention; otherwise that willingness is in vain: "Let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth" (1 Jn. 3:18); "And I am sure …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What else did their good purposes and good beginnings signify? Good purposes, indeed, are good things; they are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to behold, and give hopes of good fruit; but they are lost, and signify nothing, without performances.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As there was a readiness to will - Now accomplish the thing, and be not satisfied with having begun it. Do not suppose that the intention was sufficient, or that you are now released from the obligation. A year indeed has elapsed; but the necessity of the aid for the poor has not ceased. The sentiment here is, that if we have felt it our duty to aid in a cause of benevolence, and have commenced it, and have then been interrupted in executing our purpose, we should seize the first favorable opportunity to accomplish what we had designed.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
νυνὶ	nuni	Now	G3570 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	doing	G4160 →
ἐπιτελέσατε,	epitelesate	do complete	G2005 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
καθάπερ	kathaper	just as	G2509 →
ἡ	hē	[there was] the	G3588 →
προθυμία	prothumia	readiness	G4288 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θέλειν	thelein	to will	G2309 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἐπιτελέσαι	epitelesai	to complete	G2005 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	that which	G3588 →
ἔχειν.	echein	[you] having.	G2192 →

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2 Corinthians 9:2
For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:10
  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.
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 8:24
  In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
- 1 Corinthians 16:15
  You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
- Hebrews 10:24
  And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Corinthians