He stirs them to a generous gift for the poor saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the Macedonians; |
by commendation of their former forwardness; |
8 Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἑτέρων σπουδῆς καὶ τὸ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀγάπης γνήσιον δοκιμάζων· |
by the example of Christ; |
and by the spiritual profit that shall redound to themselves thereby; |
ὁ τὸ πολὺ οὐκ ἐπλεόνασεν, |
καὶ ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον οὐκ ἠλαττόνησεν. |
commending to them the integrity and willingness of Titus, and those other brothers. |