2 Corinthians 8:1-5 And, my brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which was conferred on the churches of the Macedonians;

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And, my brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which was conferred on the churches of the Macedonians; ² that in the great trial of their affliction, there was an abounding to their joy, and the depth of their poverty was exuberant in the riches of their liberality. ³ For I testify that, according to their ability, and beyond their ability, in the spontaneity of their mind, ⁴ they besought us, with much entreaty, that they might participate in the beneficence of the ministration to the saints. ⁵ And not only as we had expected, but they first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.