NET Bible
"For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality."
— 2 Corinthians 8:13, NET Bible
“For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:”
“For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; ”
“For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,”
“For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality.”
“And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:”
“For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:”
So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,
to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.
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 I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,
as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
The Mission of Titus But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,