2-corinthians 8:13
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened:
American King James Version (AKJV)
For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened:
American Standard Version (ASV)
For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
Webster's Revision
For I mean not that other men should be eased, and you burdened:
World English Bible
For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
English Revised Version (ERV)
For I say not this, that others may be eased, and ye distressed:
Definitions for 2-corinthians 8:13
Clarke's 2-corinthians 8:13 Bible Commentary
That other men be eased - I do not design that you should impoverish yourselves in order that others may live affluently.
Barnes's 2-corinthians 8:13 Bible Commentary
For I mean not that other men be eased ... - I do not intend that others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, "Not that there should be rest (ἄνεσις anesis, a letting loose; remission, relaxation) to others, but affliction (θλίψις thlipsis) to you." Probably the Corinthians were able to contribute more than many other churches, certainly more than the churches of Macedonia 2 Corinthians 8:2, and Paul therefore presses upon them the duty of giving according to their means, yet he by no means intended that the entire burden should come on them.
