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who put into Titus' heart the same earnest care that I have for you

Here the word "heart" refers to the emotions. This means that God caused Titus to love them. AT: "who made Titus care for you as much as I do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

same earnest care

"the same enthusiasm" or "same deep concern"

For he not only accepted our appeal

Paul is referring to his asking Titus to return to Corinth and complete the collection. AT: "For he not only agreed to our request that he help you with the collection" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/titus
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart