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Therefore,as ye aboundinevery thing, in faith,andutterance,andknowledge,and in alldiligence,and in yourlove*tous, see that ye aboundinthisgracealso.
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I speaknotbycommandment,but by occasion of the forwardness of others,and to prove the sincerity of yourlove.
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For ye know the grace of ourLordJesusChrist,that, though he wasrich, yet foryoursakes he became poor, thatye through hispoverty might be rich.
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AndhereinIgive my advice:forthis is expedient for you,who have begun before, notonly to do, butalso to be forward[a] a yearago.
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Now*thereforeperform the doing of it; thatas there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performancealso out of that which ye have.
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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according tothat a manhath, and not according to that he hathnot.
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For I mean notthat other men be eased,andyeburdened:
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Butby an equality, that nowat this timeyourabundance may be a supply fortheirwant,thattheirabundancealso may be a supply foryourwant:that there may beequality:
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As it is written, He that had gatheredmuchhadnothingover; and he that had gatheredlittlehadnolack.
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Butthanks be to God,whichput the same earnest careinto the heart of Titusforyou.
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Forindeed he accepted the exhortation;butbeing more forward, of his own accord he wentuntoyou.