3 For I bear record that according to their means, and beyond their means, they freely gave,
4 begging us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of ministering to the saints.
5 This they did, not as we expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this gracious deed for you.
7 But as you abound in everything—in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love to us—see that you abound in this grace also.
8 I say this not as a command, but to prove through the authenticity of others, the sincerity also of your love.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that through His poverty you might be rich.