^{3 Ref} For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

^{4 Ref} Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

^{5 Ref} And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.