1. Our brothers and sisters, we want you to know what God's grace has accomplished in the churches in Macedonia.
10. My opinion is that it is better for you to finish now what you began last year. You were the first, not only to act, but also to be willing to act.
11. On with it, then, and finish the job! Be as eager to finish it as you were to plan it, and do it with what you now have.
12. If you are eager to give, God will accept your gift on the basis of what you have to give, not on what you haven't.
13-14. I am not trying to relieve others by putting a burden on you; but since you have plenty at this time, it is only fair that you should help those who are in need. Then, when you are in need and they have plenty, they will help you. In this way both are treated equally.