1 Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
2 that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.
3 I testify that
4 requesting of us with much exhortation the favor and the fellowship of the ministry to the saints,
5 and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and
6 So we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun
7 But just as you excel in everything—in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us
8 I am not saying
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
10 And I am giving an opinion in this
11 So now also complete the doing
12 For if the eagerness is present
13 For
14 At the present time your abundance
15 just as it is written, “The
16 But thanks
17 because he not only welcomed our request, but being very earnest, by his own choice he went out
18 And we have sent at the same time with him the brother whose praise in the gospel
19 And not only
21 For we are taking into consideration what is honorable not only before the Lord, but also before people.
22 And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times in many
23 If
24 Therefore show to them the proof of your love and our boasting about you