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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15As it is written, “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.” |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us, |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men. |
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