¹⁴ But certainly, you have been very kind to me. You have helped me now, when I am in trouble. ¹⁵ Also, you Christians in Philippi know that you already helped me earlier. That was the time when I started to tell people God's good news. When I left Macedonia, you were the only group of Christians who helped me. We were able to help one another, and no other group of Christians did that for me.^{[a] 16} Even when I was at Thessalonica, you helped me. More than once, you sent gifts to me because I needed things.^[b]