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We asked Titus to keep on helping you finish this act of love. He was the one to begin this. You are rich in everything. You have faith. You can preach. You have much learning. You have a strong desire to help. And you have love for us. Now do what you should about giving also. I am not saying that you must do this, but I have told you how others have helped. This is a way to prove how true your love is.

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So we urged(A) Titus,(B) just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion(C) this act of grace on your part. But since you excel in everything(D)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,(E) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not commanding you,(F) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us