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2 Corinthians 8:5

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.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐouthis they did, notοὐadverb — “this they did, not”G3756no, not.this they did, notκαθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asἠλπίσαμενēlpisamenwe hopedἐλπίζω (elpizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we hoped”, a single actionG1679I hope, hope for, expect, trust.we hopedἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἑαυτοὺςheautoustheir own selvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “their own selves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.their own selvesἔδωκανedōkanto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.πρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίῳkuriōto the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to the Lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.to the Lordκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto usδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byθελήματοςthelēmatoswillθέλημα (thelēma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “will”, the of-formG2307an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires.This verse uses “will”.the willθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of God

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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