2 Corinthians 8
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2 Corinthians 8:3-5

3For I testify that 1according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,

4begging us with much urging for the 2favor 3of participation in the 45support of the 6saints,

5and this, not as we had 7expected, but they first 8gave themselves to the Lord and to us by 9the will of God.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 8:3 1 Cor 16:2; 2 Cor 8:11 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 24:17; Rom 15:25f ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Lit and ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Lit service to the saints ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Rom 15:31; 2 Cor 8:19f; 9:1, 12f ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 8:4 Or holy ones ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 8:5 Lit hoped ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 8:5 2 Cor 8:1 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 8:5 1 Cor 1:1 ↩

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