But since you excel in everything(A)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,(B) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

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I am not commanding you,(A) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

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I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,(A) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

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10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

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