1 Moreover, brothers, we want you to experience the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia,
2 how in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed toward the riches of their generous giving.
3 For I bear record that according to their means, and beyond their means, they freely gave,
4 begging us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of ministering to the saints.
5 This they did, not as we expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this gracious deed for you.
7 But as you abound in everything—in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love to us—see that you abound in this grace also.