2Corinthians:8:1-15
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But ,
brothers ,
we make known to you the grace of God which has been given among the churches of Macedonia ,
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that in much testing of trouble ,
the overflowing of their joy and the depth of their poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity .
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For I testify that according to their ability and beyond their ability ,
they willingly gave ,
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with much entreating ,
begging us that they might receive of us the grace and the fellowship of the ministry to the saints .
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And not as we hoped ,
but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God ,
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for us to call on Titus ,
that even as he began before ,
so also he might complete this grace to you also .
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But even as you abound in everything ,
in faith ,
and in word ,
and in knowledge ,
and in all earnestness ,
and in your love in us ,
that you also should abound in this grace .
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I do not speak according to command ,
but through the earnestness of others and testing the trueness of your love .
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
that being rich ,
He became poor for your sake ,
so that you might become rich by the poverty of that One .
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And I give judgment in this ,
for this is profitable for you ,
who began before not only to do ,
but also to be willing from last year .
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But now also finish the doing of it ,
so that even as there was the eagerness in the willing ,
so also the finishing ,
giving out of what you have .
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For if the eagerness is present ,
it is acceptable according to what one has ,
not according to what one does not have .
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For it is not that there may be ease to others ,
but trouble to you ;
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but by equality in the present time ,
your abundance for their need ;
but also that their abundance may be for your need ,
that there may be equality ;
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even as it has been written , "
He gathering much ,
he had nothing left over ,
and he gathering little had no less ."
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16:18