For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: