I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent another follower with him. But Titus didn't cheat you, and we felt and behaved the same way he did.
I was governor of Judah from the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was king until the thirty-second year. And during these entire twelve years, my relatives and I refused to accept the food that I was allowed.
Moses was very angry and said to the LORD, “Don't listen to these men! I haven't done anything wrong to them. I haven't taken as much as a donkey.”
This also makes Abraham the father of everyone who is circumcised and has faith in God, as Abraham did before he was circumcised.
What do you want me to do when I arrive? Do you want me to be hard on you or to be kind and gentle?
Make a place for us in your hearts! We haven't ill-treated or hurt anyone. We haven't cheated anyone.
But God cheers up people in need, and that is what he did when he sent Titus to us.
Titus was the one who got you started doing this good thing, so we begged him to help you finish what you had begun.
After all, God chose you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you.