2Corinthians:8:1-15
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Moreover ,
brethren ,
we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ;
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How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality .
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For to their power ,
I bear record ,
yea ,
and beyond their power they were willing of themselves ;
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Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift ,
and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints .
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And this they did ,
not as we hoped ,
but first gave their own selves to the Lord ,
and unto us by the will of God .
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Insomuch that we desired Titus ,
that as he had begun ,
so he would also finish in you the same grace also .
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Therefore ,
as ye abound in every thing ,
in faith ,
and utterance ,
and knowledge ,
and in all diligence ,
and in your love to us ,
see that ye abound in this grace also .
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I speak not by commandment ,
but by occasion of the forwardness of others ,
and to prove the sincerity of your love .
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
that ,
though he was rich ,
yet for your sakes he became poor ,
that ye through his poverty might be rich .
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And herein I give my advice :
for this is expedient for you ,
who have begun before ,
not only to do ,
but also to be forward a year ago .
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Now therefore perform the doing of it ;
that as there was a readiness to will ,
so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have .
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For if there be first a willing mind ,
it is accepted according to that a man hath ,
and not according to that he hath not .
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For I mean not that other men be eased ,
and ye burdened :
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But by an equality ,
that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want ,
that their abundance also may be a supply for your want :
that there may be equality :
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As it is written ,
He that had gathered much had nothing over ;
and he that had gathered little had no lack .