August 2020

“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.  Each one must do just as he has purposed…

“So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised bountiful gift, so that the same would…

“But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you may be…

“For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints; for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians,…

“We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you. …

“taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift; for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of…

“We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the churches; and not only this, but he has also…

“But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.  For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest,…