Protestantism
English
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 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 according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,
And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by1 God's will.
- 8.5 Elohim
And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lord, and after vnto vs by the will of God,
And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,
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.
and 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;
And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.
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.
And not merely as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.
And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord and [then] unto us by the will of God.
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 not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, by the will of God.
And not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,
And not as we hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God,
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.
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.
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.
and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with 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 this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to יהוה, and unto us by the will of יהוה.
And, not merely as we hoped, but, themselves, gave they, first, unto the Lord and unto us through God’s will,
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.
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with 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.
Catholicism
English
And not as we hoped: but they gave their own selves, first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God;
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,1
- 8:5Paul says ‘non sicut speravimus,’ which would seem to indicate that the situation was not what he had hoped it would be. But the meaning here is that the situation was much better than what he had hoped, hence ‘beyond’ rather than ‘not.’(Conte)