2 Corinthians 8:3-5

8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, ¹  8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ²  the saints. 8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

[8:3]  ¹ tn Or “spontaneously.”

[8:4]  ² tn Or “of ministering to.”