And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
Parallel translations
- WEB while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
- KJV And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
- NKJV and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you.
- NASB while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
- NLT And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you.
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Quick answer
The recipients, moved by the surpassing grace of God in the Corinthians, will pray for them and long for them with affection. Generosity forges loving bonds of fellowship.
Overview
The gift produces not only thanksgiving but heartfelt prayer and longing among the Jerusalem saints toward their Gentile benefactors. They discern God's abundant grace at work in the givers. Thus the collection builds genuine spiritual unity across cultural lines, the fruit of one shared salvation in Christ.
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- Phil 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
- 1 Tim 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Tim 1:16–18May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
- 2 Cor 8:1Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
- 2 Cor 8:6–7So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
- Phil 1:8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
- Phil 4:18–19I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- 1 Cor 1:4–5I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
- 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 Sam 13:29So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
- Prov 11:26The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
- Ps 41:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Phil 2:26For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
- Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- Rom 1:11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
- Ezra 6:8–10I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
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