For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative.
I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?
And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.