For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

biblegateway 2Co 8:12

For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

For if the eagerness is present _according to what one has_ , [it is] acceptable not _according to what one does not have_ .

biblegateway 2Co 8:12

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

bibleoremus 2Co 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have.

If we give eagerly according to our means, that is acceptable to God; he does not ask for what we do not have.

biblegateway 2Co 8:12

For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

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.

biblegateway 2Co 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

¹ tn The words “the gift itself” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Translators often supply an English phrase like “it is” (NASB) but in the context, Paul is clearly referring to the collection Titus was to oversee (2 Cor 8:4-7). Therefore there is no reason not to specify the referent (the gift) more narrowly for clarity.