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ULT 2COR Chapter 8

8 Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 that during a severe trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave according to their ability, and beyond their ability, of their own accord, 4 with much urging they pleaded with us for the favor and the fellowship of this ministry that is to the saints. 5 And not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and then to us, by the will of God. 6 So we urged Titus that, just as he began, in the same way he would also complete for you this grace as well. 7 But even as you abound in everything, in faith and in speech and in knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love from us in you,[fn] so also you should abound in this act of grace. 8 I say this not according to a command, but also proving the genuineness of your love through the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he became poor for your sake though being rich so that by the poverty of that one, you might become rich.

10 And I give my opinion in this, for this is profitable for you, who not only began to do this a year ago, but also to desire to do it. 11 But now also complete what you began to do, so that just as there was the readiness of the desire, so also there may be the completion from what you have. 12 For if the readiness is already there, it is fully acceptable according to whatever one might have, not according to what he does not have.

13 For this is not so that there is relief for others but tribulation for you, but out of equality. 14 At the present time, your abundance is for the lack of those ones, so that also the abundance of those ones may be for your need, so that there may be equality, 15 just as it is written:

“The one gathering much did not have too much,

and the one gathering little did not have too little.”

16 But thanks be to God, the one placing the same earnestness on your behalf into the heart of Titus. 17 For he not only accepted our appeal, but being very eager, he has gone to you of his own accord. 18 Now we have sent together with him the brother of whom is the praise throughout all of the churches in the gospel, 19 And not only this, but he also was chosen by the churches as our traveling companion, along with this grace that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness; 20 avoiding this, that no one might blame us concerning this generosity being administered by us. 21 For we consider beforehand what is good, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

22 Now we sent our brother with them, whom we proved in many ways, and often being eager. But now he is even more eager because of his great confidence that he has in you. 23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory of Christ. 24 Therefore, prove to them to the faces of the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting about you.

The best manuscripts read, and in the love from us in you. Some other versions read and in your love for us.

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