RKJNT(i)
1 And now, brethren, we want you to know of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2 For during a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in a wealth of liberality.
3 For I bear witness that they gave according to their ability, yea, and beyond their ability, and of their own accord;
4 Begging us most insistently that we would allow them the privilege of taking part in this service to the saints.
5 And this they did, not as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.