Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
Ver. 4. Receive the gift] Gr. χαριν, the grace, i.e. the alms; it being of God's free grace that we have, 1. What to give; 2. Hearts to give it. For naturally we are all like children, which though they have their bosoms, mouths, and both hands full, yet are loth to part with any.