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For I bear witnessing to them, after might and above might they were willful [after virtue, or power, and above virtue they were willful],

with much admonishing beseeching us the grace and the communing of [the] ministering, that is made to holy men.

And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, afterward to us by the will of God.

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For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,(A) and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing(B) in this service(C) to the Lord’s people.(D) And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

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