2 Corinthians 8:11
ContextNET © | to finish what you started, 1 so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, 2 you can also complete it 3 according to your means. 4 |
NIV © | Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. |
NASB © | But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. |
NLT © | Now you should carry this project through to completion just as enthusiastically as you began it. Give whatever you can according to what you have. |
MSG © | Your heart's been in the right place all along. You've got what it takes to finish it up, so go to it. |
BBE © | Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able. |
NRSV © | now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. |
NKJV © | but now you also must complete the doing of it ; that as there was a readiness to desire it , so there also may be a completion out of what you have. |
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NET © | to finish what you started, 1 so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, 2 you can also complete it 3 according to your means. 4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “and now also complete the doing.” 2 tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].” 3 tn Grk “so also it might be completed.” The passive construction was converted to an active one in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style. 4 tn Grk “completed from what you have.” |