2 Corinthians 8:12 BSB

2 Corinthians 8:12

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

BSB

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ASV

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Clement of Alexandria

The Stromata Book 2 (215)

"But if there be present readiness of mind, according to what a man hath it is acceptable, and not according to what he hath not: for it is not that there be ease to others, but tribulation to you, but of equality at the present time "and so forth. Those, who have entertained the wish whose purpose is equal, share in the same honour with those who have the ability, although others have the advantage in point of resources.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

According to that a man hath - According to his real property; not taking that which belongs to his own family, and is indispensably necessary for their support; and not taking that which belongs to others; viz. what he owes to any man.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For--Following up the rule "out of that which ye have" (2Co 8:11), and no more. a willing mind--rather, as Greek, "the readiness," namely, to will, referring to 2Co 8:11. accepted--Greek "favorably accepted." according to that a man hath--The oldest manuscripts omit "a man." Translate, "According to whatsoever it have"; the willing mind, or "readiness" to will, is personified [ALFORD].

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
προθυμία	prothumia	readiness	G4288 →
πρόκειται,	prokeitai	is present,	G4295 →
καθὸ	katho	as	G2526 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
ἔχῃ	echē	he shall have	G2192 →
εὐπρόσδεκτος,	euprosdektos	acceptable,	G2144 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
καθὸ	katho	as	G2526 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχει.	echei	he does have.	G2192 →

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Through
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
leads to
- Acts 20:35
  In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Exodus 25:2
  “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Proverbs 11:25
  A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Deuteronomy 15:7–11
  If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or…
Through
Exodus 35:29
So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
  Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- Exodus 35:4
  Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
- Exodus 35:21–22
  And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the…

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