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.

并且他们所做的，不但照我们所想望的，更照神的旨意先把自己献给主，又归附了我们。

并且他们所做的，不但照我们所期望的，更照上帝的旨意先把自己献给主，又给了我们。

并且他们所做的，不但照我们所期望的，更照神的旨意先把自己献给主，又给了我们。

他们这样做超过了我们的期望，并且他们按照上帝的旨意首先把自己献给主，然后献给我们。

他们超过了我们所期望的，照着神的旨意，先把自己献给主，然后献给我们。

他们不但照我们所盼望的，而且照着神的旨意，首先把自己献给了主，又献给了我们。

並且他們所做的，不但照我們所想望的，更照神的旨意先把自己獻給主，又歸附了我們。

並且他們所做的，不但照我們所期望的，更照上帝的旨意先把自己獻給主，又給了我們。

並且他們所做的，不但照我們所期望的，更照神的旨意先把自己獻給主，又給了我們。

他們這樣做超過了我們的期望，並且他們按照上帝的旨意首先把自己獻給主，然後獻給我們。

他們超過了我們所期望的，照著神的旨意，先把自己獻給主，然後獻給我們。

他們並且不單照我們所盼望的，反而憑着上帝的旨意、先把自己獻與主，也獻與我們。

他們不但照我們所盼望的，而且照著神的旨意，首先把自己獻給了主，又獻給了我們。

不第如我所望、且先獻己於主、又遵上帝旨、獻己於我儕、

行此出我望外、先委身事主、後從我遵上帝旨、

我望彼行此、不但如我所望、且始已獻己於主、又竭力事我、遵天主之旨、

而尤使吾儕喜出望外者、則彼等先獻身於主、而後秉承聖意以為吾儕效勞也。

And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

They did more than we expected. First they gave themselves to the Lord. Then they gave themselves to us because that was what God wanted.

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

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.

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.

and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

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.

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

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.

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,[ which is] your reasonable service.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:And they shall spring up[ as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses.One shall say, I[ am] the LORD’S; and another shall call[ himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe[ with] his hand unto the LORD, and surname[ himself] by the name of Israel.

Neither yield ye your members[ as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members[ as] instruments of righteousness unto God.

Then the spirit came upon Amasai,[ who was] chief of the captains,[ and he said], Thine[ are we], David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace[ be] unto thee, and peace[ be] to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

But this[ shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:And[ that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost[ which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers[ were, but] yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It[ is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD[ is] my God.