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title: "Abbott"
description: "Verse 1 We do you to wit; we make known to you. Verse 2 In a great trial; in a time of great trial. Verse 3 To their power; to the extent of their power."
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**Verse 1**
*We do you to wit;* we make known to you.

**Verse 2**
*In a great trial;* in a time of great trial.

**Verse 3**
*To their power;* to the extent of their power.

**Verse 4**
*The fellowship of the ministering,* &c.; the charge of conveying the contribution to those for whom it was intended.

**Verse 5**
*Not as we hoped;* not merely as much as we hoped.

**Verse 6**
*Finish in you the same grace,* call upon you to finish the work, by your contributions.

**Verse 7**
*In this grace;* liberality.

**Verse 8**
*The forwardness of others;* the readiness and zeal of others, that is, of the churches in Macedonia.

**Verse 9**
*The grace;* the goodness and mercy.

**Verse 15**
This language refers to the gathering of the manna. ([Exodus 16:18](../../../kjv/exodus/16/18),) and is used here as illustrative of the nature of Christian liberality.

**Verse 17**
*The exhortation;* the request which I made that he would go to you.

**Verse 18**
*The brother, whose praise,* &c. It is not known to whom Paul here refers. Some conjecture that it was Luke; others, Mark; others, Silas or Barnabas.

**Verse 19**
*This grace;* this gift; that is, the contribution before referred to.--*And declaration of your ready mind;* that is, to the manifestation of your ready liberality.

**Verse 20**
*In this abundance;* in respect to this property, namely, the money contributed.

**Verse 21**
*For honest things;* things reputable, free from all appearance of wrong.

**Verse 22**
*Our brother.* There are no means of ascertaining what individual is here referred to.

**Verse 23**
*Whether any,* &c.; if any.

**Verse 24**
*And of our boasting,* &c.; that is, show that the praises we have given you were deserved.

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