2 Corinthians 4:5 shows Paul's own pattern: not self-proclamation but serving others for Jesus' sake—parallel to giving oneself to the Lord then to others.

In 2 Corinthians 5:14, Christ's love compels self-giving — the theological motive behind the Macedonians giving themselves to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:15 states believers should live for Christ — exactly what the Macedonians did by giving themselves first to the Lord.

Romans 6:13 calls believers to present themselves to God as instruments of righteousness—the same self-dedication as giving oneself first to the Lord.

Romans 12:1 urges presenting your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God—directly mirroring the Macedonians giving themselves first to the Lord.

Romans 14:7-9 says we live to the Lord and belong to Him—the same principle of belonging to God first, as the Macedonians did.

1 Corinthians 6:19 states your body is a temple and you are not your own—echoing the idea of belonging wholly to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:20 says you were bought with a price—so you belong to God, just as the Macedonians gave themselves first to Him.

Deuteronomy 26:16 commands obeying God with all your heart and soul—the same wholehearted devotion as giving yourself first to the Lord.

2 Kings 11:17 records a covenant making the people the Lord's — directly mirroring the Macedonians giving themselves first to God.

2 Chronicles 15:12 recounts a covenant to seek God wholeheartedly — the same self-dedication the Macedonians exemplified.

Isaiah 44:5 has people saying 'I am the Lord's' — the exact language of giving oneself to the Lord.

Isaiah 56:6 describes foreigners joining to the Lord — the same self-dedication the Macedonians showed first.

Jeremiah 50:5 describes Israel binding themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant — echoing the Macedonians' self-dedication first to God.

In 2 Chronicles 30:8, Hezekiah calls Israel to submit to the Lord — paralleling the Macedonians' voluntary surrender to God.

Isaiah 44:3-5 describes people declaring 'I belong to the Lord' — a direct verbal parallel to the Macedonians' self-dedication.