4. begging us with much urgency for the favour of taking part in this service to the set-apart ones.
5. And, not as we had expected, they gave themselves first to the Master, and then to us by the desire of Elohim,
6. that we should urge Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this kind gift in you as well.
7. But as you excel in every way – in belief, and speech, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love for us – that you should excel in this kind gift as well.
8. I speak not by command, but I am proving the genuineness of your love by the eagerness of others.