2 Corinthians 8:5 in the 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.
Context
4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
5 This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.