Text -- 2 Corinthians 8:1-3 (NET)

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, 8:2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. 8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Co 8:1

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

NET Notes: 2Co 8:2

¹ tn Or “riches.”

NET Notes: 2Co 8:3

¹ tn Or “spontaneously.”