๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐:๐๐ ๐๐)
“And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.” — 2 Corinthians 8:10–12 In this passage, Paul reminds the Corinthian believers of a commitment they made the previous year. They were not only the first to give, but also the first to desire to give. Now, Paul calls them to follow through—to match action with intention. Their giving, he stresses, should be “according to their means”—not based on what they don’t have, but on what they do. This is the heart of proportionate giving. Christian giving, Paul teaches, begins with willingness. It is not about the size of the gift, but the spirit behind it. If the desire is genuine, then th...