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See what devotion has been bred in you now by this supernatural remorse; how you disowned the guilt; the indignation you felt, the fear that overcame you; how you missed me, how you took my part, how you righted the wrong done. You have done everything to prove yourselves free from guilt in this matter. (2 Corinthians 7, 11)
So, then, I had written you a letter, and it was neither the wrong-doer nor the injured party that was to be the gainer by it; it was to have the effect of shewing you our devotion to your welfare✻ (2 Corinthians 7, 12)
in God’s sight. It was this that brought us comfort; and besides this comfort, we had still greater cause for rejoicing in the joy which Titus felt, with his heart refreshed by the welcome you all gave him. (2 Corinthians 7, 13)
He bears a most affectionate memory of you, of the submissiveness you all shewed, of the anxious fear with which you received him. (2 Corinthians 7, 15)
I can testify that of their own accord they undertook to do all they could, and more than they could; (2 Corinthians 8, 3)
And their gift went beyond our hopes; they gave their own services to the Lord, which meant, as God willed, to us; (2 Corinthians 8, 5)
(You do not need to be reminded how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; how he impoverished himself for your sakes, when he was so rich, so that you might become rich through his poverty), (2 Corinthians 8, 9)
It remains for you now to complete your action; readiness of the will must be completed by deeds, as far as your means allow. (2 Corinthians 8, 11)
We value a man’s readiness of will according to the means he has, not according to the means he might have, but has not; (2 Corinthians 8, 12)
and what you can spare now is to make up for what they want; so that what they can spare may, in its turn, make up for your want, and thus the balance will be redressed. (2 Corinthians 8, 14)
I thank God for inspiring the heart of Titus, your representative, with the same eagerness.✻ (2 Corinthians 8, 16)
he, too, is the man whom the churches have appointed to be our companion in this gracious ministry of ours, to further the Lord’s glory and our own resolve. (2 Corinthians 8, 19)
