⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to ^[a]exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a ^[b]grudging obligation.

²⁷ And now ^(A)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

¹¹ Please, take ^(A)my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt ^(B)graciously with me, and because I have ^[a]enough.” ^(C)So he urged him, and he took it.

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek ^(A)the fruit that abounds to your account.

¹⁷ Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you? ¹⁸ I urged Titus, and sent our ^(A)brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

⁶ So ^(A)we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this grace in you as well.

^2 (A)On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

¹⁵ And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is ^(A)no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take ^(B)a gift from your servant.”

²⁶ Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the ^[a]spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”—

¹⁵ So she said to him, ^(A)“Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.”

And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.