2 Corinthians 8:13

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

2 Corinthians 8:13, King James Version

2 Corinthians 8:13 in other translations

BSB	It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
WEB	For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
ASV	For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;
YLT	for not that for others release, and ye pressured, do I speak,
DARBY	For it is not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,
BBE	And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
Webster	For I mean not that other men should be eased, and you burdened:

What does 2 Corinthians 8:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. For--Supply from 2Co 8:8, "I speak." My aim is not that others (namely, the saints at Jerusalem) may be relieved at the cost of your being "distressed" (so the Greek for "burdened"). The golden rule is, "Love thy neighbour as thyself," not more than thyself.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. For I mean not that other men be eased, etc. I do not intend that others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, "Not that there should be rest (ανεσις, a letting loose, remission, relaxation) to others, but affliction (θλιψις) to you." Probably the Corinthians were able to contribute more than many other churches, certainly more than the churches of Macedonia, (2Cor 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.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 13 That other men be eased - I do not design that you should impoverish yourselves in order that others may live affluently.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Corinthians 8:10-15

Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to behold, and give hopes of good fruit; but they are lost, and signify nothing without good deeds. Good beginnings are well; but we lose the benefit, unless there is perseverance. When men purpose that which is good, and endeavour, according to their ability, to perform also, God will not reject them for what it is not in their power to do. But this scripture will…

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2 Corinthians 8:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὐouNotG3756

γὰρgarforG1063

ἵναinathatG2443

ἄλλοιςalloisto others [there may be]G243

ἄνεσις,anesiseaseG425

ὑμῖνhuminbut for youG4771

θλῖψις,thlipsisaffliction,G2347

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Corinthians 8:13

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,
Romans 15:26-27
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Ac 4:34; Ro 15:26,27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Corinthians 8:12
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.
2 Corinthians 8:13
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
2 Corinthians 8:14
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

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2 Corinthians 8:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Porque no digo esto para que haya para otros desahogo, y para vosotros apretura;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	car ce n’est pas afin que d’autres soient à leur aise et que vous, vous soyez opprimés, mais sur un principe d’égalité:
German Elberfelder 1871	Denn nicht auf daß andere Erleichterung haben, ihr aber Bedrängnis, sondern nach der Gleichheit:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Non enim ut aliis sit remissio, vobis autem tribulatio, sed ex æqualitate.