6. So we urged Titus, who began this work, to continue it and help you complete this special service of love.
7. You are so rich in all you have: in faith, speech, and knowledge, in your eagerness to help and in your love for us. And so we want you to be generous also in this service of love.
8. I am not laying down any rules. But by showing how eager others are to help, I am trying to find out how real your own love is.
9. You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.