⁸ I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

¹⁰ And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

¹² 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.

⁷ Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.