1. We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
2. for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
4. begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints—