2 Corinthians 8:5
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
2 Corinthians 8:5 Cross References
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
