## translationWords

* [[en:tw:beg]]
* [[en:tw:lordgod]]
* [[en:tw:minister]]
* [[en:tw:saint]]
* [[en:tw:willofgod]]
* [[en:tw:witness]]

## translationNotes

* **For they gave** - refers to the churches in Macedonia.
* **of their own free will ** - "voluntarily"
* **to the saints** - Here Paul is referring to the believers in Jerusalem.
* **and then...to us.** - "and then, they gave themselves to us" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit]])