11. complete it now, so that your eager willingness may be matched by your completion of it out of what you have.
12. For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have;
13. not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality
14. your surplus at the present time should supply their needs, so that their surplus may also supply your needs, that there may be equality.
15. As it is written:“Whoever had much did not have more,and whoever had little did not have less.”
16. But thanks be to God who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus,
17. for he not only welcomed our appeal but, since he is very concerned, he has gone to you of his own accord.
18. With him we have sent the brother who is praised in all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.
19. And not only that, but he has also been appointed our traveling companion by the churches in this gracious work administered by us for the glory of the Lord [himself] and for the expression of our eagerness.
20. This we desire to avoid, that anyone blame us about this lavish gift administered by us,
21. for we are concerned for what is honorable not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of others.
22. And with them we have sent our brother whom we often tested in many ways and found earnest, but who is now much more earnest because of his great confidence in you.
23. As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker for you; as for our brothers, they are apostles of the churches, the glory of Christ.
24. So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to them.