2 Corinthians 9:15

2 Corinthians 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
• New International Version (NIV)Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

Context of 2 Corinthians 9:15

13Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others. 14And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15 word by word

χάρις τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.¶Read the interlinear

• Thanksχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• forἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• indescribableἀνεκδιήγητοςanekdiēgētos · indescribableG411
• giftδωρεάdōrea · free giftG1431

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 9:15

• 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
• 1 Chronicles 16:8“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
• Psalms 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
• Psalms 92:1It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
• Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
• 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
• Ephesians 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Revelation 4:9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
• Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
• John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift - Some contend that Christ only is here intended; others, that the almsgiving is meant. After all the difference of commentators and preachers, it is most evident that the , unspeakable gift, is precisely the same with the ̔ , superabounding grace or benefit, of the preceding verse. If therefore Jesus Christ, the gift of God s unbounded love to man, be the meaning of the unspeakable gift in this verse, he is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thanks be unto God - Whitby supposes that this refers to the charitable disposition which they had manifested, and that the sense is, that God was to be adored for the liberal spirit which they were disposed to manifest, and the aid which they were disposed to render to others. But this, it is believed, falls far below the design of the apostle. The reference is rather to the inexpressible gift which God had granted to them in bestowing his Son to die for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable increase may be expected. It should be given carefully. Works of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought and design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses. Help should be given freely, be it more or less…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. his unspeakable gift--the gift of His own Son, which includes all other inferior gifts (2Co 8:9; Ro 8:32). If we have received from God "His unspeakable gift," what great thing is it, if we give a few perishing gifts for His sake?Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 9:15

• Beneficence
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Administration
• Boast
• Philippians, Epistle to
• Thanks
• Church
• Church Government
• Collection
• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings