Discovery Box2 Corinthians 8:2-6 
Context8:2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth 1 of their generosity. 8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, 2 8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping 3 the saints. 8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God. 8:6 Thus 4 we urged 5 Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, 6 so also he should complete this act of kindness 7 for you.
1 tn Or “riches.”
2 tn Or “spontaneously.”
3 tn Or “of ministering to.”
4 tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.
5 tn Or “we exhorted.”
6 tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.
7 tn Grk “this grace.”
