that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.

And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.