2 Corinthians 8:5-11 And not merely as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.

Haweis⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And not [merely] as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God. ⁶ So that we exhorted Titus, that as he had been active before, so also he would perfect in you this grace also. ⁷ So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. ⁸ I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich. ¹⁰ And in this I give my opinion: for this is expedient for you, who have before begun not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago. ¹¹ Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of that which ye have.