¹⁶But thanks be to God, ^gwhich put the same ^hearnest care into the heart of Titus for you. ¹⁷For indeed he accepted ⁱthe exhortation; but being ^hmore forward, ^jof his own accord he went unto you. ¹⁸And we have sent with him ^kthe brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout ^kkall the churches; ¹⁹And not that only, but who was also ^lchosen of the churches ^mto travel with us with this ^||grace, which is ⁿadministered by us ^oto the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ^zready mind: ²⁰^pAvoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is ⁿadministered by us: ²¹^qProviding for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. ²²And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved ^hdiligent in many things, but now much ^hmore diligent, ^rupon the great confidence which ^||I have in you.

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hver. 7 (Gk.). So ver. 17, 22 in the Gk.
iver. 6.
hver. 7 (Gk.). So ver. 17, 22 in the Gk.
jver. 3 (Gk.).
kch. 12:18 (Gk.).
kkSee ch. 11:28.
l Acts 14:23. (Gk.). Comp. 1 Cor. 16:3, 4.
m Acts 19:29 (Gk.).
||Or, gift. See 1 Cor. 16:3.
nSee ver. 4.
oSo ch. 4:15. Comp. Phil. 4:19.
zver. 12, 19. Acts 17:11. ch. 9:2 in the Gk.
p 2 Thess. 3:6 (Gk.).
nSee ver. 4.
q Prov. 3:4 (Gk.). See Rom. 12:17.
hver. 7 (Gk.). So ver. 17, 22 in the Gk.
hver. 7 (Gk.). So ver. 17, 22 in the Gk.
rSee ch. 2:3.
||Or, he hath.

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g Rev. 17:17.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel. And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will. We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us, for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man. And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus. For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice. We have sent with him the brother who is praised among all the churches for his gospel ministry. And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gracious gift that we are administering for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us about this large sum that we are administering. Indeed, we are giving careful thought to do what is right, not only before the Lord but also before people. We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

NLTNew Living Translation

But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have. Titus welcomed our request that he visit you again. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you. We are also sending another brother with Titus. All the churches praise him as a preacher of the Good News. He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem—a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help.

We are traveling together to guard against any criticism for the way we are handling this generous gift. We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable.

We are also sending with them another of our brothers who has proven himself many times and has shown on many occasions how eager he is. He is now even more enthusiastic because of his great confidence in you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But thanks be to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion on your behalf, because he not only welcomed our request, but being very earnest, by his own choice he went out to you. And we have sent at the same time with him the brother whose praise in the gospel has become known throughout all the churches. And not only this, but he was also chosen by the churches as our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. We are trying to avoid this, lest anyone should find fault with us in this abundant gift that is being administered by us. For we are taking into consideration what is honorable not only before the Lord, but also before people. And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times in many things that he is diligent, but now much more diligent because of his great confidence in you.