10. My opinion is that it is better for you to finish now what you began last year. You were the first, not only to act, but also to be willing to act.
11. On with it, then, and finish the job! Be as eager to finish it as you were to plan it, and do it with what you now have.
12. If you are eager to give, God will accept your gift on the basis of what you have to give, not on what you haven't.
13-14. I am not trying to relieve others by putting a burden on you; but since you have plenty at this time, it is only fair that you should help those who are in need. Then, when you are in need and they have plenty, they will help you. In this way both are treated equally.
15. As the scripture says, “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
16. How we thank God for making Titus as eager as we are to help you!
17. Not only did he welcome our request; he was so eager to help that of his own free will he decided to go to you.
18. With him we are sending the brother who is highly respected in all the churches for his work in preaching the gospel.
19. And besides that, he has been chosen and appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this service of love for the sake of the Lord's glory, and in order to show that we want to help.
20. We are taking care not to stir up any complaints about the way we handle this generous gift.
21. Our purpose is to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of others.
22. So we are sending our brother with them; we have tested him many times and found him always very eager to help. And now that he has so much confidence in you, he is all the more eager to help.
23. As for Titus, he is my partner and works with me to help you; as for the other brothers who are going with him, they represent the churches and bring glory to Christ.
24. Show your love to them, so that all the churches will be sure of it and know that we are right in boasting about you.