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 Living Translation (NLT)Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

Context of 2 Corinthians 9:15

13while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 14and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding 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 9:11while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
• 1 Chronicles 16:8Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!
• Psalms 30:4Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
• Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to 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, goodwill toward men!”
• 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 5:20giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
• Revelation 4:9Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits 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 shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 49:6Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
• John 1:16And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
• John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting 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 delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also 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
• Administration
• Boast
• Philippians, Epistle to
• Thanks
• Church
• Church Government
• Collection
• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
• Gift

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