World English Bible
"For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have."
— 2 Corinthians 8:12, World English Bible
“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.”
“For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not. ”
“For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.”
“For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.”
“For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.”
“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.”
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.
As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."