I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

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.

Αναγκαιον λοιπον εστοχασθην να παρακαλεσω τους αδελφους να ελθωσι προτερον εις εσας και να προετοιμασωσι την προυποσχεθεισαν ελεημοσυνην σας, ωστε να ηναι ετοιμη αυτη, ουτως ως ελεημοσυνη και ουχι ως πλεονεξια.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.