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# Yes, it was their good pleasure
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"The believers in Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to do it"
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# and they owe it to them
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"and the people of Macedonia and Achaia owe it to God's people in Jerusalem" or "and they are obligated to help them"
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# if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things
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"since the Gentiles have shared in the spiritual things of the Jerusalem believers
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# they owe it to the Jews to be of service to them with their material things
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The abstract noun "service" can be expressed with the verb "serve." Alternate translation: "the Gentiles are obligated to serve the believers in Jerusalem with their material things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# with their material things
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"by giving them material things" |