2 Corinthians 4:15

Paul's hardships are ultimately for the church's benefit, so that grace reaching more people multiplies thanksgiving to God. Everything aims at God's glory.

Cross-references · 19

• Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
• Eph 3:20–21Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
• 2 Cor 9:11–12You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
• 2 Cor 1:11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
• 2 Cor 8:19More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
• Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
• Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
• Heb 13:15–16Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
• 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• Ps 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
• Gal 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 1:4–6who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
• Rev 4:8–11And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• Rev 5:8–14When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Rev 19:4–6And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

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