2 Corinthians 8:6-16

6So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.

7Now as you excel in everything — in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us  — excel also in this act of grace.

8I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

10And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.

11Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.

12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

13It is not that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality.

14At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.

15As it is written: The person who had much did not have too much, and the person who had little did not have too little.

16Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.