8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, 1 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 2 of their generosity.
4:10 I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.) 3
4:15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone. 4:16 For even in Thessalonica 4 on more than one occasion 5 you sent something for my need.
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.
2 tn Or “riches.”
3 tn Grk “for you were even concerned, but you lacked opportunity.”
4 map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.
5 tn Or “several times”; Grk, “both once and twice.” The literal expression “once and twice” is frequently used as a Greek idiom referring to an indefinite low number, but more than once (“several times”); see L&N 60.70.