2 Corinthians 4:15 BSB

2 Corinthians 4:15

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

BSB

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ASV

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

KJV

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1107)

And hinting at the false apostles, who said that through their mediation the blessings of God were communicated to their disciples, he says: "all things are for your sakes," even the resurrection itself, and not for the sake of this one or that one. God …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For all things are for your sakes;.... This is a very large and comprehensive expression, and reaches to all the things of Christ, as well as of his ministers. The incarnation, obedience, death, and resurrection of Christ, are all for the sake of God's elect; and so the ministry of his apostles and servants, their gifts, graces, comforts, and experiences; and so likewise all their reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions; see 2Co 1:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Are for your sakes - For the profit of all that believe, as well as all that preach. That the overflowing grace - Which continues you alive both in soul and body. Might abound yet more through the thanksgiving of many - For thanksgiving invites more: abundant grace.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Greek is susceptible also of this translation, "That grace, being made the greater (multiplied) on account of the thanksgiving of the greater number (for grace already received), may abound (abundantly redound) to," &c. Thus the Greek for "abound" has not to be taken in an active sense, but in its ordinary neuter sense, and so the other Greek words.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	For	G1063 →
πάντα	panta	all things [are]	G3956 →
δι᾽	di᾽	for the sake of	G1223 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
χάρις	charis	grace	G5485 →
πλεονάσασα	pleonasasa	having abounded	G4121 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
πλειόνων	pleionōn	more and more	G4119 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
εὐχαριστίαν	eucharistian	thanksgiving	G2169 →
περισσεύσῃ	perisseusē	may increase	G4052 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Genesis 50:20
  As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Romans 5:3–5
  Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
  Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Through
2 Corinthians 1:11
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
leads to
- Philippians 1:19
  because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- Acts 12:5
  So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
- Colossians 4:3
  as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

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Where the connections lead

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06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians