2 Corinthians 8:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and not as we expected. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor [was this gift of theirs merely the contribution] that we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His agents] by the will of God [entirely disregarding their personal interests, they gave as much as they possibly could, having put themselves at our disposal to be directed by the will of God]– American Standard Version (1901) and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. Common English Bible They even exceeded our expectations, because they gave themselves to the Lord first and to us, consistent with God’s will. Catholic Public Domain Version And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And not as we hoped, but they gave their own selves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God: |
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said, “We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one who helps you! For your God is the one who helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the officials commanded by the word of the Lord.
Do not now be stiff-necked as your ancestors were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.
No longer present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.
We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia,
Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.