# 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]]