“Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.”
Yet it was kind of you to share in my distress — kalōs (beautifully, rightly) frames the gift as proper response to need. 'Share in my distress' (synkoinōneō tē thlipsei mou) is mystical participation: their gift unites them with Paul's suffering. Koinōnia (communion) extends to suffering-participation. The gift is relational, not transactional: they share his cross.
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