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Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you[a]—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.[b]

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Other ancient authorities read your love for us
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Gk this grace

For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Gk the grace

13 I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between 14 your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. 15 As it is written,

‘The one who had much did not have too much,
    and the one who had little did not have too little.’

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