Great Generosity

8 Now, brothers and sisters, we make known to you the grace of God which has been ^(A)given in the churches of ^(B)Macedonia, ² that in a ^[a]great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the ^(C)wealth of their liberality. ³ For I testify that ^(D)according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave voluntarily, ⁴ begging us with much urging for the ^(E)favor ^[b]of participation in the ^[c](F)support of the ^[d]saints, ⁵ and this, not as we had ^[e]expected, but they first ^(G)gave themselves to the Lord and to us by ^(H)the will of God.

¹⁵ Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.

The King of Glory Entering Zion.

A Psalm of David.

⁶ You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, ^(A)your tithes, the ^[a]contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your ^[b]voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

⁷ Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not ^(A)reluctantly or under compulsion, for ^(B)God loves a cheerful giver.

^11 (A)Now may ^(B)our God and Father ^(C)Himself, and our Lord Jesus, ^(D)direct our way to you;