2 Corinthians 8:15 BSB

2 Corinthians 8:15

As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

BSB

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ASV

as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.

KJV

As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1107)

How will there be equality? If both you and they mutually share your surpluses with one another and fill each other's deficiencies. But what kind of equality is it to give spiritual things in return for material things? Here, of course, the equality is not …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

As it is written, He that had gathered the most had nothing over; and he that had gathered the least did not lack - That is, in which that scripture is in another sense fulfilled.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

As it is written - see Exo 16:18. He that had gathered much ... - This passage was originally applied to the gathering of manna by the children of Israel. The manna which fell around the camp of Israel was gathered every morning. All that were able were employed in gathering it; and when it was collected it was distributed in the proportion of an omer, or about five pints to each man. Some would be more active and more successful than others.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καθὼς	kathōs	Even as	G2531 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
ὁ	ho	He	G3588 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πολὺ	polu	much	G4183 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐπλεόνασεν	epleonasen	did abound	G4121 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	he	G3588 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὀλίγον	oligon	little	G3641 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἠλαττόνησεν.¶	ēlattonēsen	lacked.	G1641 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk6

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:14–15
  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.
Through
Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
leads to
- Matthew 10:9–10
  Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
- Luke 10:4
  Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- Psalms 23:1
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Luke 9:3
  “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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

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About 2 Corinthians