The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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7 sed sicut in omnibus abundatis fide et sermone et scientia et omni sollicitudine et caritate vestra in nos ut et in hac gratia abundetis
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But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 non quasi imperans dico sed per aliorum sollicitudinem etiam vestrae caritatis ingenitum bonum conprobans
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I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
9 scitis enim gratiam Domini nostri Iesu Christi quoniam propter vos egenus factus est cum esset dives ut illius inopia vos divites essetis
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 et consilium in hoc do hoc enim vobis utile est qui non solum facere sed et velle coepistis ab anno priore
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And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
11 nunc vero et facto perficite ut quemadmodum promptus est animus voluntatis ita sit et perficiendi ex eo quod habetis
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Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
12 si enim voluntas prompta est secundum id quod habet accepta est non secundum quod non habet
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For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
13 non enim ut aliis sit remissio vobis autem tribulatio sed ex aequalitate
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Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality.
14 in praesenti tempore vestra abundantia illorum inopiam suppleat ut et illorum abundantia vestrae inopiae sit supplementum ut fiat aequalitas sicut scriptum est
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At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality,
15 qui multum non abundavit et qui modicum non minoravit
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as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
16 gratias autem Deo qui dedit eandem sollicitudinem pro vobis in corde Titi
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Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you.
17 quoniam exhortationem quidem suscepit sed cum sollicitior esset sua voluntate profectus est ad vos
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For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative.
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