2 Corinthians 8:8-10

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⁸ I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.^{(A) 9} For you know the generous act^[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.^{(B) 10} And in this matter I am giving my opinion: it is beneficial for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something.^(C)