¹³ Because of this, we have been ^(A)comforted.

And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of ^(B)Titus, because his ^(C)spirit has been refreshed by you all. ¹⁴ For if I have ^(D)boasted to him about you regarding anything, I was not put to shame. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before ^(E)Titus proved to be the truth. ¹⁵ His ^[a]affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the ^(F)obedience of you all, how you received him with ^(G)fear and trembling. ¹⁶ I rejoice that in everything ^(H)I have confidence in you.

Great Generosity

8 Now, brothers and sisters, we make known to you the grace of God which has been ^(I)given in the churches of ^(J)Macedonia, ² that in a ^[b]great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the ^(K)wealth of their liberality. ³ For I testify that ^(L)according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave voluntarily, ⁴ begging us with much urging for the ^(M)favor ^[c]of participation in the ^[d](N)support of the ^[e]saints, ⁵ and this, not as we had ^[f]expected, but they first ^(O)gave themselves to the Lord and to us by ^(P)the will of God. ⁶ So we ^(Q)urged ^(R)Titus that as he had previously ^(S)made a beginning, so he would also complete in you ^(T)this gracious work as well.

⁷ But just as you ^(U)excel ^(V)in everything, in faith, speaking, knowledge, and in all earnestness and in the ^[g]love we inspired in you, see that you also ^(W)excel in this gracious work.