2 Corinthians 8:5

Modern English Version

This they did, not as we expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:18

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai the captain of the officers, and he said, “We are for you, David, and with you, son of Jesse. Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one helping you, for your God helps you.” So David welcomed them and appointed them as captains of the troops.

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and officials by the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:8

So now do not harden your necks as your fathers, but give yourselves to the Lord and come to the sanctuary that He has consecrated permanently. Serve the Lord your God so that His burning anger might turn away from you all.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this shall be 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 write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring this one-third left into the fire, and will refine them as the refinement of silver, and will test them as the testing of gold. 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 my God.”

Romans 12:1

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.

Romans 6:13

Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but yield yourselves to God, as those who are alive from the dead, and your bodies to God as instruments of righteousness.

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 8:1

Moreover, brothers, we want you to experience the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia,

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore also I have let the Lord have him. As long as he lives he will be dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshipped the Lord there.