Modern Translations New International VersionAnd they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. Berean Study Bible And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God. New American Standard Bible and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God. NASB 1995 and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God. NASB 1977 and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God. Amplified Bible Not only [did they give materially] as we had hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His representatives] by the will of God [disregarding their personal interests and giving as much as they possibly could]. Christian Standard Bible and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will. Holman Christian Standard Bible and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God's will. Contemporary English Version And they did more than we had hoped. They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, just as God wanted them to do. Good News Translation It was more than we could have hoped for! First they gave themselves to the Lord; and then, by God's will they gave themselves to us as well. GOD'S WORD® Translation They did more than we had expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord and to us, since this was God's will. International Standard Version We did not expect that! They gave themselves to the Lord first and then to us, since this was God's will. NET Bible 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. Classic Translations King James BibleAnd this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. New King James Version And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God. King James 2000 Bible And this they did, not as we expected, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. New Heart English Bible This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. World English Bible This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. American King James Version And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. American Standard Version 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. A Faithful Version And not only as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. Darby Bible Translation And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will. English Revised Version and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. Webster's Bible Translation And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God: Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God, Bishops' Bible of 1568 Coverdale Bible of 1535 And not as we loked for, but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE, and afterwarde vnto vs by ye wyl of God, Tyndale Bible of 1526 And this they did not as we loked for: but gave their awne selves fyrst to the lorde and after vnto vs by the will of God: Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand not according as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the LORD, and to us, through the will of God, Berean Literal Bible And not only as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, by 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, Smith's Literal Translation And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. Literal Emphasis Translation And not just as we had hoped for, but rather they gave themselves, first to the Lord and to us through the will of God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd not as we hoped, but they gave their own selves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God: Catholic Public Domain Version And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God, Translations from Aramaic Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishAnd not according to what we had hoped, but they offered themselves to our Lord first and also to us in the will of God, Lamsa Bible And this they did, not only as we expected, but first they gave themselves to our LORD, and then to us by the will of God. NT Translations Anderson New Testamentand they did this, not only as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and then to us, through the will of God; Godbey New Testament and not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us through the will of God: Haweis New Testament And not merely as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God. Mace New Testament and in this they out-did my expectation; such was the divine pleasure, they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then made me an offer to go themselves to Corinth. Weymouth New Testament They not only did this, as we had expected, but first of all in obedience to God's will they gave their own selves to the Lord and to us. Worrell New Testament and they did this not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God; Worsley New Testament And this they did not merely as we hoped, but first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.     |