Living_Oracles(i)
3 that to their power, (I bear witness,) yes, beyond their power, they were willing of themselves; with much entreaty
4 requesting us to accept the charity and the participation of the service, which is for the saints.
5 Yes, beyond our expectations; for they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
6 This moved us to entreat Titus, that as he had formerly begun, so he would also finish the same charity among you likewise.
7 Now as you abound in every gift, (in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us,) I wish that you may abound in this gift also.
8 I speak not this as an injunction, but on account of the diligence of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9 (For you know the charity of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor; that you, through his poverty, might be rich.)
10 And in this I give my opinion, not only to do, but also to be willing since the last year.
11 At present, therefore, finish the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will; so also let there be to finish, according to your ability.
12 For if there be a willing mind, according to what a person has, he is accepted; and not according to what he has not.
13 However, I mean not that others should be eased and you distressed; but on account of equality,
14 that now your abundance may be a supply for their want; that again, their abundance may be a supply for your want; that there may be an equality.