2 Corinthians 8:5

2 Corinthians chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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 · 1901

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.

v.4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

v.5This passage

v.6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 30:12
Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Corinthians 8:1
Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;