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2 Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity.
3 For according to their ability, I bear witness, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord.
4 They were very urgent in their concern for this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the holy ones.
5 This is not as we hoped. First they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.
6 We exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
7 But as you have plenty of everything, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love for us, see that you have plenty of this undeserved kindness also.
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. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.