⁵ So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

¹¹ Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

²⁷ And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

¹⁷ Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

¹⁵ And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

²⁶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;

¹⁵ Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.

² On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

⁶ So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

¹⁷ Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

¹⁸ I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?