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Macedonia Gave Sacrificially, So We Urged Titus To Go Complete Your Gracious Gift

Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God having been granted in the churches of Macedonia[a] that in a great test of [b] affliction their abundance of joy and their down deep poverty abounded into the riches of their generosity.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:1 That is, where Paul was laboring at this time, 7:5. The churches we know about in this province are those at Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea.
  2. 2 Corinthians 8:2 That is, characterized by.

The Collection for the Lord’s People

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian(A) churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.(B)

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