¹⁶God put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. I am thankful to God for this. ¹⁷Titus welcomed our appeal. He is also excited about coming to you. It was his own idea.

¹⁸Along with Titus, we are sending another brother. All the churches praise him for his service in telling the good news. ¹⁹He was also chosen by the churches to go with us as we bring the offering. We are in charge of it. We want to honor the Lord himself. We want to show how ready we are to help.

²⁰We want to keep anyone from blaming us for how we take care of that large gift. ²¹We are trying hard to do what is right in the Lord’s eyes and in the eyes of people.

²²We are also sending another one of our brothers with them. He has often proved to us in many ways that he is very committed. He is now even more committed because he has great faith in you.

²³Titus is my helper. He and I work together among you. Our brothers are messengers from the churches. They honor Christ. ²⁴So show them that you really love them. Show them why we are proud of you. Then the churches can see it.

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