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.
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.