rwp - 2Corinthians:8:5

rwp@2Corinthians:8:5 @{We had hoped} (\lpisamen\). First aorist active indicative of \elpiz\. "Expected," he means. They went beyond his hopes about them. {First they gave their own selves} (\heautous edkan prton\). First aorist active indicative of \didmi\ (k aorist). "Themselves they gave first." That is the explanation of the generous giving.