For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
- KJV For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
- NKJV For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.
- NASB For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
- NLT For you see, the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have eagerly taken up an offering for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The churches of Macedonia and Achaia were glad to make a contribution for the poor saints in Jerusalem. Gentile believers freely gave to relieve Jewish believers' need.
Overview
Paul describes the collection he is carrying: Gentile congregations in Greece gladly gathered funds for the impoverished Jerusalem believers. The giving was a 'good pleasure,' generous and willing, not grudging. This concrete act of generosity across ethnic lines embodied the unity of the one church and testified to the gospel's power to bind Jew and Gentile together in love.
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- 2 Cor 8:1–9Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
- 2 Cor 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
- Acts 11:27–30In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
- Jas 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- 2 Cor 9:12For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- 1 Cor 16:15You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
- Phlm 1:5because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
- Acts 16:9During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
- Prov 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Gal 6:6–10Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
- Matt 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Prov 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Zech 11:7So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
- Matt 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- Luke 6:20Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Acts 18:12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
- Prov 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
- Zech 11:11It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
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