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2 Corinthians 8:13

For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

KJV

οὐ γὰρ ἵνα ἄλλοις ἄνεσις, ὑμῖν θλῖψις, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἰσότητος· ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ τὸ ὑμῶν περίσσευμα εἰς τὸ ἐκείνων ὑστέρημα,

Greek NT

Non enim ut aliis sit remissio, vobis autem tribulatio, sed ex æqualitate.

Vulgate

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

ASV

For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θλῖψις
thlipsis
noun · 45×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περίσσευμα
perisseuma
noun · 5×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἄνεσις
anesis
noun · 5×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἰσότης
isotes
noun · 3×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑστέρημα
usterema
noun · 9×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ὑμῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμῖν | RP: + δὲ
  • ὑμῖνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2833"Our" bread is the "one" loaf for the "many." In the Beatitudes "poverty" is the virtue of sharing: it calls us to communicate and share both material and spiritual goods, not by coercion but out of love, so that the abundance of some may remedy the needs of others.120

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:34 — Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,