2 Corinthians 8:5-11 and not as we hoped, but they first gave their own selves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God,

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ and not as we hoped, but they first gave their own selves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God, ⁶ so that we urged Titus, that just as he had begun before, thus he would also finish this grace also in you. ⁷ But as you abound in everything--in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also. ⁸ I speak not by a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. ¹⁰ And I give my opinion in this: For this is profitable for you, who not only previously began doing this, but also desired to, since last year. ¹¹ And now also complete doing it; that as indeed there was the readiness to desire it, thus also there may be the completion from what you have.