2 Corinthians 8:4 even pleading with us and requesting the privilege of taking part in this service to the saints i.e., God’s holy people in Jerusalem. - - ; Rom.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ [even] pleading with us and requesting the privilege of taking part in this service to the saints [i.e., God’s holy people] in Jerusalem. [See also 9:1-15; I Cor. 16:1-2; Rom. 15:25-28].