American Standard Version
"Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also. "
— 2 Corinthians 8:6, American Standard Version
“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.”
“So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.”
“Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.”
“Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that, as he had begun, so also he would finish among you this same grace.”
“So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.”
“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.”
For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.