2 Corinthians 8:5
“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.”
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.
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.
Related Verses
“For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;”
“For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.”
“Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;”
“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?”
“Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.”