7. and I feel certain that the great increase which you have enjoyed, the blessings of true faith, new knowledge, and the understanding of the word, that all these will be accompanied too by the fullness and abundance of your giving.
8. I enjoin no commandments upon you, but I promote in you a like enthusiasm to that which your brethren have shown.
9. Your wealth, you well know, all that you really have, that is to say, is yours because Christ Jesus abandoned the world;
10. the way he gave up all has brought you great riches, and now is the time to show how genuine is the love which has been opened to you.
11-12. My opinion is that the time has now arrived for this fund and collection to be completed, and for your final gifts to be made.
13-14. I know that you have already given sums to it, and your good will and desire to give has long been shown. Complete the matter now, and since you have this desire, give now what you can afford. Our giving is not the kind that injures and depletes oneself in order to confer largess on another; but it illustrates a law of fairness.