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2Co 8:13. Οὐ γὰρ) for not, viz. the object aimed at is not. The rule of exercising liberality.-ἄνεσις· θλίψις) The same antithesis is found, 2Th 1:6-7.-ἐξ ἰσότητος, by an equality) in carnal things. [Love thy neighbour, as thyself (not more).-V. g.]-ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, at the present [juncture] time) This limitation does not occur again in the following verse.-τὸ-περίσσευμα, abundance) in external resources [means]. The imperative γενέσθω is courteously omitted, for he does not command, 2Co 8:8.