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2 Corinthians 8:1-2

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1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
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