2 CORINTHIANS 8:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.”
Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, just as your eagerness has been matched by your ability to complete it — *completion* (apertía) moves from intention to act. The verb *apoteléō* means to finish fully; Paul urges the Corinthians to align deed with will, translating spiritual disposition into material reality. Sincerity is measured in completion.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:11
“And now also you have completed the doing of it.” He said not, you have done it, but, you have put a completion to it, “That as there was the readiness to will, so also [there may be] the completion also out of your ability.” That this good work halt not at readiness but receive also the reward that follows upon deeds.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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