3 Because I bear witness that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave voluntarily,
4 begging us with much urgency for the favour of taking part in this service to the set-apart ones.
5 And, not as we had expected, they gave themselves first to the Master, and then to us by the desire of Elohim,
6 that we should urge Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this kind gift in you as well.
7 But as you excel in every way – in belief, and speech, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love for us – that you should excel in this kind gift as well.
8 I speak not by command, but I am proving the genuineness of your love by the eagerness of others.
9 For you know the favour of our Master יהושע Messiah, that being rich, He became poor for your sake, so that you might become rich through His poverty.