{Proof} (dokim(8869)). Tests as of metals as in  2:9 .
{Abundance} (perisseia). Late word from perisseu(935c), to
overflow. {Their deep poverty} (h(8820)kata bathous pt(9363)heia
aut(936e)). Pt(9363)heia is old word from pt(9363)heu(935c), to be a beggar,
as of Jesus in  8:9  (from pt(9363)hos, cowering in fear and
poverty, as in  Lu 14:13 , but ennobled by Christ as in  Mt 5:3  2Co 8:9 ). Poverty down deep. Strabo (LX 419) has kata bathous,
down to the bottom. {Liberality} (haplot(8874)os). From haplous,
single, simple ( Mt 6:22 ). "The passage from single-mindedness
or simplicity to liberality is not quite obvious" (Plummer).
Perhaps "heartiness" supplies the connecting link. See also
 9:11-13 .