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

13As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ. 14And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you. Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

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 9:11Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.
• 1 Chronicles 16:8Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.
• Psalms 30:4Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.
• Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
• Luke 2:14“Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:57But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 5:20And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• James 1:17Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
• Revelation 4:9Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever),
• Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 49:6He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• John 1:16From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
• John 3:16“For this is how 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 wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Romans 8:32Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?

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

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• God
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• Administration
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• Church
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• 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