2 Corinthians 8:8

8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

2 Corinthians 8:8 In-Context

6 Accordingly we have urged Titus that as he had already made a beginning, he should also complete among you this gracious work.
7 Now as you excel in everything--in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love for us--see that you excel in this gracious work also.
8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
10 And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire,
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