With an indication of what is being done by others (Galatians), he excites them to compete, offering them this in the form of a narrative, as he did in the letter to the Romans, where, explaining to them the reason for his departure to Jerusalem, he says, among other things, about alms: "But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints" ( Rom...