2 Corinthians / Question
Paul says their gift should be completed and given "according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have." He adds that willingness makes the gift acceptable. See 2 Corinthians 8:11–12.
In 2 Corinthians 8:10–12 Paul gives his practical judgment about the Corinthians’ promised gift. They were early starters and showed genuine willingness the previous year, and Paul says that willingness is to their credit. Now, however, he urges them to finish what they began, bringing action in line with intention. These verses sit inside Paul’s longer appeal about a relief collection he is organizing (2 Corinthians 8–9). Just before this, he points to the Macedonian churches as an example of eager giving despite hardship and describes Titus’s role in helping the Corinthians complete their participation (see 2 Corinthians 8:1–9).
Paul is addressing a real, unfinished financial project: the Corinthians had begun participation “a year ago,” showing both action and genuine willingness, but had not completed it. His “judgment” is presented as considered counsel rather than a bare order, and he frames it as beneficial for them (explicit textual claims).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with 2 Corinthians 8:11-12, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
11But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don`t have.