# Yes, it was their good pleasure "The believers in Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to do it" # and they owe it to them "and the people of Macedonia and Achaia owe it to God's people in Jerusalem" # if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things "since the Gentiles have shared in the spiritual things of the Jerusalem believers" # minister to them The word "minister" here means to serve in a formal way, much like the priests offered sacrifices in the temple. # with their material things "by giving them material things"