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For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

And I urgently recommend to you, that which is for your advantage; inasmuch as ye began, a year ago, not only to purpose, but also to perform.

For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

For it is not, that others may have easement, and you pressure;

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus this solicitude for you.

For he received our exhortation; and, because he was very anxious, he cheerfully set out to visit you.

For we are attentive to things commendable, not only before God, but also before men.

And concerning the ministration by the saints, it would be superfluous for me to write to you:

for I know the goodness of your mind; and therefore I gloried of you before the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath excited many.

so that, if the Macedonians should come with me, and should find you unprepared, we-not to say, ye-should be put to shame for that glorying in which we gloried.

Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver.

For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work.

As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever.

Now he that giveth seed to the sower, and bread for food, may he give and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

For the performance of this ministration, not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is also rich in many thanksgivings to God.

For on account of the test of this ministration, we glorify God, that ye do subject yourselves to the profession of the gospel of the Messiah, and that in your liberality, ye communicate with them and with all men:

and they put up prayer for you, with much love, because of the abundance of the grace of God that is upon you.

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

For, although we walk in the flesh, our warfare is not after the flesh.

For the arms of our warfare are not those of the flesh, but those of the power of God; by which we subdue rebellious castles.