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.

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[ this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

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.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.One will say,‘ I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand‘ to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said,“ We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

“ But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh:“ I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.

Now don’t be stiff- necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say,‘ It is my people;’ and they will say,‘ Yahweh is my God.’”