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## For they gave ##
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refers to the churches in Macedonia.
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## of their own free will ##
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"voluntarily"
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## to the saints ##
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Here Paul is referring to the believers in Jerusalem.
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## and then...to us. ##
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"and then, they gave themselves to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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