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 provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone. 14And as they pray on your behalf, they will have deep affection for you because of the surpassing grace of God in 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thanksχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• forδέde · thenG1161
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• unspeakableἀνεκδιήγητοςanekdiēgētos · indescribableG411
• giftδωρεάdōrea · free giftG1431

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 9:15

• 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
• 1 Chronicles 16:8Give thanks to the Lord; call on his name; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
• Psalms 30:4Sing to the Lord, you his faithful ones, and praise his holy name.
• Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High,
• Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors!
• 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
• Ephesians 5:20giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
• Revelation 4:9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,
• Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 49:6he says, “It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• John 1:16Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness,
• John 3:16For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will 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 did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?

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