4they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
4they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
1 And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
2 Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,
4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
5 And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.
6 So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
8:4Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
8:4With much entreaty begging of us the grace and communication of the ministry that is done toward the saints.
8:4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
8:4begging of us with much entreaty to give effect to the grace and fellowship of the service which was to be rendered to the saints.
8:4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
8:4Praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
8:4begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
8:4with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,
8:4Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take on us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.