2 Corinthians 8:3
For according to their power ( I bear them witness), and beyond their power, they were willing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 35:5Set aside with you firstfuits to the Lord. Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart, offer them to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus 35:29All both men and women with devout mind offered gifts, that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:9And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with a great joy.
Psalms 110:3With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.
Acts 11:29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea:
1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:2-7
Charity of the Macedonians. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 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. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this… Read the whole commentary →