Anderson(i)
1 We make known to you, brethren, God's gracious gift, which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;
2 that under an afflicting trial, their overflowing joy, and their deep poverty, abounded to the riches of their liberality;
3 for I testify that according to their power, and beyond their power, they gave voluntarily,
4 beseeching us, with much entreaty, that they might give, and take part in the ministering to the saints;
5 and they did this, not only as we had hoped, but they gave them selves first to the Lord, and then to us, through the will of God;