2 Corinthians 8:1-5 And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace of God that has been bestowed upon the congregations of Macedonia,

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace of God that has been bestowed upon the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty produced their extravagant, sincere generosity. ³ Because according to their ability, I bear witness, even beyond that ability, of their own accord, ⁴ they begged us with much entreaty to receive the gift, the sharing in the ministry to the saints ⁵ —and more than we had hoped, they first gave themselves to the Lord (and due to God’s will, to us).