1. Indeed, concerning the service to the set-apart ones, it is unnecessary for me to write to you;
2. for I know your eagerness, about which I boast of you to the Makedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago. And your ardour has stirred up most of them.
3. But I sent the brothers, lest our boasting on behalf of you should be made empty in this part, in order that, as I said, you were ready,
4. lest if some Makedonians come with me and find you not ready, we – not to speak of you – should be put to shame because of our belief.
5. So I thought it necessary to appeal to the brothers to come to you in advance, and arrange your promised blessing beforehand – this to be ready as a blessing and not as greediness.
6. And this: He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows on blessing shall also reap on blessing.