9 There is no need^(A) for me to write to you about this service^(B) to the Lord’s people.^(C)

² For I know your eagerness to help,^(A) and I have been boasting^(B) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year^(C) you in Achaia^(D) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.