2 Corinthians 8:5-11 This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

NHEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. ⁶ So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace. ⁷ But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love from us that is in you, see that you also abound in this grace. ⁸ I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. ¹⁰ I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. ¹¹ But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.