⁶ So we urged^(A) Titus,^(B) just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion^(C) this act of grace on your part. ⁷ But since you excel in everything^(D)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,^(E) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you^[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

⁸ I am not commanding you,^(F) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. ⁹ For you know the grace^(G) of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(H) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,^(I) so that you through his poverty might become rich.^(J)