2 Corinthians 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 8:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 8:515 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:5
“And” this, “not as we hoped.” This he says with reference both to the amount and to their afflictions. 'For we could never have hoped,' he says, 'that while in so great affliction and poverty, they would even have urged us and so greatly intreated us.' He showed also their carefulness of life in other respects, by saying, “But first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.” 'For in everything their obedience was beyond our expectations; nor…
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