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.