Others may be eased (αλλοις ανεσις). "Release to others."

Ye distressed (υμιν θλιψις). "To you tribulation…

For I mean not that other men be eased, etc. I do not intend that others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, "Not that the…

For I mean not that other men be eased.—The disclaimer is obviously an answer to something that had been said. The “chari…

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. For I mean not that o…

Perhaps one reason the collection project had been languishing at Corinth was an objection like this: “As if we had no financial problems of our ow…

Not that others. This is a confirmation of the preceding statement—that a readiness of will is well-pleasing to God both in poverty and in…

For I mean not that other men should be eased and you should be burdened .
Referring either to the givers; and that either to …

Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to see, and give hope of good fruit; but they are lost and mean nothing without good deeds. Good…

Here he uses the example of Christ to encourage the Corinthians to give alms, saying: I wish to affirm your good disposition for giving to the poor…