For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Corinthians 8:3 in context
2 Corinthians 8:1–6
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Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,
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how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
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For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
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begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
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This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
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So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
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