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2 Corinthians 8:4
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
2 Corinthians 8:4 · World English Bible
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2 Corinthians 8:4 in other translations
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
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In context
1 Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,
2 how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
3 For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
5 This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
7 But as you abound in everything—in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us—see that you also abound in this grace.
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