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2 Corinthians 9:15
15Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
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Context of 2 Corinthians 9:15
13Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. 14And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
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χάρις τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 9:15
- 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
- 1 Chronicles 16:8Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
- Psalms 30:4Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name.
- Psalms 92:1It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
- 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 each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- James 1:17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
- Revelation 4:9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
- Isaiah 9:6For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 49:6he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
- John 1:16For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
- John 3:16For this is the way God loved the world: 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 payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:32Indeed, he 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
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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
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