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Chapter 8 Moreover, brethren, we do you to
wit of the grace of God bestowed on the

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churches of Macedonia, how that in a great
trial of affliction the abundance of their

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joy and their deep poverty abounded unto
the riches of their liberality.

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For to their power I bear record,
yea, and beyond their power they were

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willing of themselves, praying us with
much entreaty that we would receive the

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gift and take upon us the fellowship of
the ministering to the saints.

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And this they did, not as we hoped,
but first gave their own selves to the

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Lord, and unto us by the will of God,
insomuch that we desired Titus,

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

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Therefore, as ye abound in everything,
in faith, and utterance, and knowledge,

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and in all diligence, and in your love to
us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

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I speak not by commandment, but by
occasion of the forwardness of others,

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and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though he was rich,

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yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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And herein I give my advice, for this is
expedient for you, who have begun before

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not only to do, but also to be forward a
year ago.

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Now therefore perform the doing of it,
that as there was a readiness to will,

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so there may be a performance also out of
that which ye have.

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For if there be first a willing mind,
it is accepted according to that a man

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hath, and not according to that he hath
not.

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For I mean not that other men be eased,
and ye burdened, but by an equality,

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that now at this time your abundance may
be a supply for their want, that their

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abundance also may be a supply for your
want, that there may be equality.

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As it is written, He that hath gathered
much hath nothing over, and he that hath

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gathered little hath no lack.

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But thanks be to God, which put the same
earnest care into the heart of Titus for

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you.

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For indeed he accepted the exhortation,
but being more forward, of his own accord

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he went unto you.

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And we have sent with him the brother,
whose praise is in the gospel throughout

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all the churches.

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And not that only, but who was also chosen
of the churches to travel with us with

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this grace, which is administered by us to
the glory of the same Lord, and

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declaration of your ready mind.

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Avoiding this, that no man should blame us
in this abundance, which is administered

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by us, providing for honest things,
not only in the sight of the Lord,

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but also in the sight of men.

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And we have sent with them our brother,
whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in

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many things, but now much more diligent
upon the great confidence which I have in

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you.

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Whether any do inquire of Titus,
he is my partner and fellow helper

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concerning you.

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Or our brethren be inquired of,
they are the messengers of the churches,

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and the glory of Christ.

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Wherefore show ye to them, and before the
churches, the proof of your love,

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and of our boasting on your behalf.