KJV
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.



KJV
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.

AMP
5. Nor [was this gift of theirs merely the contribution] that we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His agents] by the will of God [entirely disregarding their personal interests, they gave as much as they possibly could, having put themselves at our disposal to be directed by the will of God]--

KJVP
5. And G2532 CONJ [ this ] [ they ] [ did , ] not G3756 PRT-N as G2531 ADV we hoped G1679 V-AAI-1P , but G235 CONJ first G4412 ADV gave G1325 V-AAI-3P their own selves G1438 F-3APM to the G3588 T-DSM Lord G2962 N-DSM , and G2532 CONJ unto us G2254 P-1DP by G1223 PREP the will G2307 N-GSN of God G2316 N-GSM .

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

ASV
5. 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.

WEB
5. 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.

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

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

RV
5. and {cf15i this}, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

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

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

MKJV
5. And not as we hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God,

AKJV
5. 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.

NRSV
5. and this, not merely as we expected; they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us,

NIV
5. And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

NIRV
5. They did more than we expected. First they gave themselves to the Lord. Then they gave themselves to us in keeping with what God wanted.

NLT
5. 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.

MSG
5. This was totally spontaneous, entirely their own idea, and caught us completely off guard. What explains it was that they had first given themselves unreservedly to God and to us. The other giving simply flowed out of the purposes of God working in their lives.

GNB
5. 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.

NET
5. 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.

ERVEN
5. And they gave in a way that we did not expect: They gave themselves to the Lord and to us before they gave their money. This is what God wants.