for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,
9:14
ወእሙንቱኒይጼልዩበእንቲኣክሙወይፈትዉይርአዩክሙበእንተጸጋእግዚአብሔርዘላዕሌክሙ።
他們也因上帝極大的恩賜顯在你們心裏,就切切地想念你們,為你們祈禱。
while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.