2 CORINTHIANS 8:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have — Paul enunciates the principle of proportional giving based on *ktéma*, what is actually *possessed*, not imagined wealth. God judges the *prohaíresis*, the deliberate will, not the absolute amount. A widow's mite exceeds a rich man's abundance.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:12
“For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man has, not according as he has not.” See wisdom unspeakable. In that (having pointed out those who were doing beyond their power, I mean the Thessalonians, and having praised them for this and said, “I bear them record that even beyond their power;”) he exhorts the Corinthians to do only “after” their power, leaving the example to do its own work; for he knew that not so much exhortation, as emulation, incites…
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