⁹ My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.

² For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.

⁹ Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

³ For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, `they gave' of their own accord,

⁴ beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

¹² For if the readiness is there, `it is' acceptable according as `a man' hath, not according as `he' hath not.

¹⁷ For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord.

⁵ I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.