5And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will.


In Context

2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their free-hearted liberality.

3 For according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they were willing of their own accord,

4 begging of us with much entreaty to give effect to the grace and fellowship of the service which was to be rendered to the saints.

5 And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will.

6 So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;

7 but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.

2 Corinthians 8:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5And [this they did,] not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:5And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:5And not as we hoped, but they gave their own selves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:5and this , not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:5and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.