Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability. "
— 2 Corinthians 8:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;”
“For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, ”
“For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,”
“For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,”
“For according to their power (I bear them witness) and beyond their power, they were willing:”
“For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,”
“For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;”
And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia.
For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.
And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability.
For they were begging us, with great exhortation, for the grace and the communication of the ministry that is with the saints.
And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God,
so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.