12. For if the readiness is already present, it is acceptable according to whatever one may have --not according to what one does not have. [MISHLE 3:27-28; Mk 12:43]
13. For it is not that there should be relief to others and distress and tzoros to you, but that there should be a balance of equality
14. During the present time of your abundance for those who lack, and also for your lack there may be their abundance, [2C 9:12] so also there may be equality,
15. As it has been written V'LO HE'DIF HAMARBEH V'HAMMAMIT LO HECHSIR. ("The one that gathered the much did not have too much and the one that gathered little did not have too little" SHEMOT 16:18)
16. But Baruch Hashem, the One having given the same zerizut (diligence) for you in the lev (heart) of Titos,
17. Because of the chozek (encouragement) he received, and having more zerizut on his own accord, he went forth to you.