6. So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete this grace to you.
7. Now as you excel in everything — faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us — excel also in this grace.
8. I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.
9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.