1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2 That in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded to the riches of their liberality.
3 For to their power, I bear testimony, and even beyond their power, they were willing of themselves;
4 Praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God: