- So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
- But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us--see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
- I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
- For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
- And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
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- 因此我勸提多、既然在你們中間開辦這慈惠的事、就當辦成了。
- 你們既然在信心、口才、知識、熱心、和待我們的愛心上、都格外顯出滿足來、就當在這慈惠的事上、也格外顯出滿足來。
- 我說這話、不是吩咐你們、乃是藉著別人的熱心、試驗你們愛心的實在。
- 你們知道我們主耶穌基督的恩典、他本來富足、卻為你們成了貧窮、叫你們因他的貧窮、可以成為富足。
- 我在這事上把我的意見告訴你們、是與你們有益.因為你們下手辦這事.而且起此心意、已經有一年了。
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