2 Corinthians 8:5

Greek	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” οὐ καθὼς ἠλπίσαμεν ἀλλὰ ἑαυτοὺς ἔδωκαν πρῶτον τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κυρίῳ καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἡμῖν διὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδιά greek Meaning: * Through * Because * On account of Preposition that relates to movement through space, time, means or cause - it's a preposition of movement and mediation. When used with the genitive case, διά emphasizes the means or channel by which something happens.John 1:3Matthew 24:12John 1:32 Timothy 2:10Romans 5:1John 1:17 θελήματος θεοῦ,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God
ESV	and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
NIV	And 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.
NLT	They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.
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.

^{2 Corinthians 8:4 ← 2 Corinthians 8:5 → 2 Corinthians 8:6}

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