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And now we give you news ,
brothers ,
about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia ;
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How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble ,
and were in the greatest need ,
they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others .
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For I give them witness ,
that as they were able ,
and even more than they were able ,
they gave from the impulse of their hearts ,
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Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints :
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And going even farther than our hope ,
they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God .
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So that we made a request to Titus that ,
as he had made a start before ,
so he might make this grace complete in you .
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And that as you are full of every good thing ,
of faith ,
of the word ,
of knowledge ,
of a ready mind ,
and of love to us ,
so you may be full of this grace in the same way .
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I am not giving you an order ,
but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love .
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For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
how though he had wealth ,
he became poor on your account ,
so that through his need you might have wealth .
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And in this I give my opinion :
for it is to your profit ,
who were the first to make a start a year before ,
not only to do this ,
but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it .
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Then make the doing of it complete ;
so that as you had a ready mind ,
you may give effect to it as you are able .
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For if there is a ready mind ,
a man will have God '
s approval in the measure of what he has ,
and not of what he has not .
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And I am not saying this so that others may get off free ,
while the weight comes on you :
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But so that things may be equal ;
that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped ,
and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way ,
making things equal .
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As it says in the Writings ,
He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough .