'Earnest' in the Bible

Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.

With earnest entreaty they begged from us the favour of being allowed to share in the service now being rendered to God's people.

For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and not according to what he has not.

for Titus welcomed our request, and, being thoroughly in earnest, comes to you of his own free will.

For I know your earnest willingness, on account of which I habitually boast of you to the Macedonians, pointing out to them that for a whole year you in Greece have been ready; and the greater number of them have been spurred on by your ardour.