¹⁰ and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, ^(A)that you increase more and more;

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and ^(A)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

God’s Final Judgment and Glory

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

⁷ so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.

¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have ^[a]apprehended; but one thing I do, ^(A)forgetting those things which are behind and ^(B)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ^14 (C)I press toward the goal for the prize of ^(D)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are ^(E)mature, ^(F)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^(G)God will reveal even this to you.

Christ Our Pattern

^8 (A)I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(B)that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become ^(C)rich.

¹⁰ And in this ^(D)I give advice: ^(E)It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and ^(F)were desiring to do a year ago;

Excel in Giving

8 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and ^(A)their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.

^18 (A)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

^(B)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

^5 (A)hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, ⁶ that the sharing of your faith may become effective ^(B)by the acknowledgment of ^(C)every good thing which is in ^[a]you in Christ Jesus. ⁷ For we ^[b]have great ^[c]joy and ^[d]consolation in your love, because the ^[e]hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.