Key Verse Spotlight
2 Corinthians 8:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For to {their} power, I bear record, yea, and beyond {their} power {they were} willing of themselves;
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and {take upon us} the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
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.
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. {grace: or, gift}
Therefore, as ye abound in every {thing, in} faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and {in} all diligence, and {in} your love to us, {see} that ye abound in this grace also.
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