2 Corinthians 8:17

For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord. [The apostle thanks God that he had given to Titus the same desire to benefit the Corinthians which animated Paul himself, so that Titus not only accepted the apostle's exhortation to go back to Corinth and induce them to take up the collection, but was even ready of his own accord to undertake the work.]