(3) I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the (e) forwardness of others, and to prove the (f) sincerity of your love.
(3) Thirdly, he warns them to live up to the expectation which Paul and his companions have conceived of them.
(e) At the request of the Macedonians.
(f) The naturalness of our love appears when we truly, and that frankly and freely, help our brethren even for Christ's sake.