¹⁷ Titus welcomed our request that he visit you again. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you.

⁶ So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to finish this ministry of giving.

²² I urge you, dear brothers and sisters,^[a] to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation.

¹⁰ Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it.

⁸ I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.