so that they all eat, and were satiated: the superfluous fragments they carried off, amounting to seven baskets full:

for all the rest contributed out of their superfluous substance; but she has contributed what she wanted for her bare subsistence.

for they have offer'd only part of their superfluous wealth; but she has given all that was then left for her subsistence.

Of the ministering to the saints, it is but superfluous for me to write unto you:

I do not ignore or nullify the [gracious gift of the] grace of God [His amazing, unmerited favor], for if righteousness comes through [observing] the Law, then Christ died needlessly. [His suffering and death would have had no purpose whatsoever.]”

Foolish questions, and genealogies, and brawlings and strife about the law; avoid, for they are unprofitable, and superfluous.