2 Corinthians 8:5

Weymouth NT

They not only did this, as we had expected, but first of all in obedience to God's will they gave their own selves to the Lord and to us.

Cross References

Romans 12:1

I plead with you therefore, brethren, by the compassionsof God, to present all your faculties to Him as a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to Him. This with you will be an act of reasonable worship.

Romans 6:13

and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.

1 Corinthians 1:1

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

2 Corinthians 4:5

(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)

2 Corinthians 8:1

But we desire to let you know, brethren, of the grace of God which has been bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia;