OET interlinear 2COR 8:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, τὸ ὑμῶν περίσσευμα εἰς τὸ ἐκείνων ὑστέρημα, ἵνα καὶ τὸ ἐκείνων περίσσευμα γένηται εἰς τὸ ὑμῶν ὑστέρημα

at the present time the ˱of˲_you_all excess_‹is› for the_‹one› ˱of˲_those need in_order_that also the ˱of˲_those excess /may/_become for the ˱of˲_you_all need

Here, the phrase At the present time could refer to: (1) how things were when Paul wrote this letter. In this case, Paul is telling the Corinthians that they have more than the Jerusalem believers do, and so they should help. In the future, if the Jerusalem believers have more than the Corinthians, they will help the Corinthians. Alternate translation: “At this time, your abundance of money is for the lack of those ones, so that also the abundance of money of those ones may be for your need in the future” (2) the time between Christ’s first and second comings. In this case, Paul is telling the Corinthians that they should help the Jerusalem believers financially, and the Jerusalem believers will help them spiritually. Alternate translation: “In this new age, your abundance of money is for the lack of those ones, so that also the spiritual abundance of those ones may be for your need”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ ὑμῶν περίσσευμα εἰς τὸ ἐκείνων ὑστέρημα

the ˱of˲_you_all excess_‹is› for the_‹one› ˱of˲_those need

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of abundance and lack, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “what you abundantly possess is for what those ones lack”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ ἐκείνων περίσσευμα γένηται εἰς τὸ ὑμῶν ὑστέρημα

the the_‹one› ˱of˲_those the ˱of˲_those excess /may/_become for the ˱of˲_you_all need

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of abundance and need, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “what those ones abundantly possess may be for what you need”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

γένηται ἰσότης

/may/_become ˱there˲_/may/_become equality

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of equality, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “everyone is equal” or “everyone does equally well”