2 Corinthians 8:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And they did more than we had hoped. They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, just as God wanted them to do.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:18

Amasai, who later became the leader of the Thirty Warriors, was one of these men who went to David. God's Spirit took control of him, and he said, “We will join you, David son of Jesse! You and your followers will always be successful, because God fights on your side.” So David agreed to let them stay, and he even put them in charge of his soldiers who raided enemy villages.

2 Chronicles 30:12

God also made everyone in Judah eager to do what Hezekiah and his officials had commanded.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the LORD our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him for ever. Then he will stop being angry,

Jeremiah 31:33

Here is the new agreement that I, the LORD, will make with the people of Israel: “I will write my laws on their hearts and minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, LORD, are our God!”

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Romans 6:13

or let any part of it become a slave of evil. Give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life. Make every part of your body a slave that pleases God.

1 Corinthians 1:1

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Sosthenes, who is also a follower.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We are not preaching about ourselves. Our message is that Jesus Christ is Lord. He also sent us to be your servants.

2 Corinthians 8:1

My friends, we want you to know that the churches in Macedonia have shown others how kind God is.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I am giving him to the LORD, and he will be the LORD's servant for as long as he lives.” Elkanah worshipped the LORD there at Shiloh, and