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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ οὐ καθὼς ἠλπίσαμεν ἀλλʼ ἑαυτοὺς ἔδωκαν πρῶτον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai ou kathos elpisamen all' eautous edokan proton to kurio kai emin dia thelematos theou,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et non sicut speravimus sed semet ipsos dederunt primum Domino deinde nobis per voluntatem Dei

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And this they did, not as we expected, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And not according to what we had hoped, but they offered themselves to our Lord first and also to us in the will of God,
Darby Bible Translation   
And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And not as we hoped, but they gave their own selves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
God's Word   
They did more than we had expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord and to us, since this was God's will.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God's will.
International Standard Version   
We did not expect that! They gave themselves to the Lord first and then to us, since this was God's will.
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
New International Version   
And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.
New Living Translation   
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.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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:
Weymouth New Testament   
They not only did this, as we had expected, but first of all in obedience to God's will they gave their own selves to the Lord and to us.
The World English Bible   
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.