“Now my brothers, we must tell you about the grace that God has given to the Macedonian churches. Somehow, in the most difficult circumstances, their overflowing joy and the fact of being down to the last penny themselves, produced a magnificent concern for other people.
“I can guarantee that they were willing to give to the limit of their means, yes and beyond their means, without the slightest urging from me or anyone else. In fact they simply begged us to accept their gifts and so let them share the honour of supporting their brothers in Christ.”
J.B. Phillips Translation of the New Testament
