1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace God has given to Messiah’s communities in Macedonia—
2 that in much testing by affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3 For I testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, they gave of their own free will—
4 begging us with much urging for the favor of sharing in the relief of the kedoshim.