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insomuch that we urged Titus that, as he had begun, so he would finish in you the same grace also.

Therefore as ye abound in everything — in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us — see that ye abound in this grace also.

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forthcoming of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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So we urged(A) Titus,(B) just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion(C) this act of grace on your part. But since you excel in everything(D)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,(E) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not commanding you,(F) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us