2 Corinthians 8:5

Young's Literal Translation 1862

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:18

And the Spirit hath clothed Amasai, head of the captains: `To thee, O David, and with thee, O son of Jesse -- peace! peace to thee, and peace to thy helper, for thy God hath helped thee;' and David receiveth them, and putteth them among the heads of the troop.

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah;

2 Chronicles 30:8

`Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;

Jeremiah 31:33

For this `is' the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.

Zechariah 13:9

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'

Romans 12:1

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;

Romans 6:13

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

2 Corinthians 4:5

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

2 Corinthians 8:1

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

1 Samuel 1:28

and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived -- he is asked for Jehovah;' and he boweth himself there before Jehovah.