for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.