8:16 But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion 1 I have for you, 8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, 2 he is coming 3 to you of his own accord. 4
1 tn Or “eagerness.”
2 tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.
3 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
4 tn Or “of his own free will.”