“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.”
But since you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you — see that you also excel in this grace of giving — the Corinthians already demonstrate excellence (*hyperbolế*) in spiritual gifts, yet Paul calls them to equal excellence in *charis*, generosity. The collection becomes the measure and test of authentic faith: genuine faith produces material sacrifice.
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