2 Corinthians 8:5-11 And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God. ⁶ So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, he would also complete in you this work of grace. ⁷ But as you excel in everythingin faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love for ussee that you excel in this work of grace also. ⁸ I am not speaking this as a command, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich. ¹⁰ And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire. ¹¹ Now finish the work, so that your readiness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.