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-\v 1 We want you to know, brothers and sisters,  about the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia,
-\v 2 that during a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extremity of their poverty has overflowed into the riches of their generosity.
+\v 1 We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia.
+\v 2 During a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extremity of their poverty has overflowed into the riches of their generosity.
 
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-\v 3 For they gave as much as they were able, I bear witness, and even beyond what they were able. And of their own free will
+\v 3 For I bear witness that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond what they were able. And of their own free will
 \v 4 with much begging they pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this ministry to the saints.
-\v 5 And this happened not as we had expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and then, by the will of God, to us.
+\v 5 This did not happen as we had expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and then, by the will of God, to us.
 
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 \v 6 So we urged Titus, who had already begun the task with you, to bring to completion this act of grace on your part.
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 \v 8 I say this not as a command, but to prove the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the diligence of other people.
-\v 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that even though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich.
+\v 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Even though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich.
 
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-\v 10 In this matter I will give you advice about what will help you: one year ago, you not only started to do something, but you desired to do it.
-\v 11 Now finish doing it. So just as there was an eagerness and desire to do it then, you also may bring it to completion, as you are able.
-\v 12 For if an eagerness to do this work exists, it is a good and acceptable thing, based on what a person has, not on what he does not have.
+\v 10 In this matter I will give you advice that will help you. One year ago, you not only started to do something, but you desired to do it.
+\v 11 Now finish doing it. So just as there was an eagerness and desire to do it then, may you also bring it to completion, as you are able.
+\v 12 For if you are eager to do this work, it is a good and acceptable thing, based on what a person has, not on what he does not have.
 
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 \v 13 For this task is not so others may be relieved and you may be burdened. But there should be fairness.