12For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.


In Context

9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

10 And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.

11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

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

13 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality.

14 At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then there will be equality,

2nd Corinthians 8:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man has, and not according to that he has not.