2 Corinthians 8:2-5

New Living Translation

² They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.

³ For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. ⁴ They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.^{[a] 5} They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.