2 Corinthians 8:13
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:In other versions
For `I say' not `this' that others may be eased `and' ye distressed;
ASV
And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
BBE
For [it is] not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,
DBY
For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
WEB
for not that for others release, and ye pressured, `do I speak,'
YLT
For I mean not that other men be eased, and all of you burdened:
ENG
For I mean not that other men should be eased, and you burdened:
WBT
It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
BSB
In context
11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
13For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14But 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:
15As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.