6So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
6So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,
4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
5 And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.
6 So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
7 But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us --see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
8:6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
8:6Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so also he would finish among you this same grace.
8:6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
8:6So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;
8:6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
8:6So that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
8:6So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
8:6so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,
8:6So that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.