8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
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.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
8:8I speak not as commanding; but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.
8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
8:8I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
8:8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,
8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.