1. We want you to know, brothers, of the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia,
2. for in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their profound poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3. For according to their means, I can testify, and beyond their means, spontaneously,
4. they begged us insistently for the favor of taking part in the service to the holy ones,