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2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15 · New King James Version
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  • WEB Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
  • KJV Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  • BSB Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
  • NASB Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
  • NLT Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

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Paul bursts into praise for God's indescribable gift. All generosity ultimately points back to the supreme gift of Christ Himself.

Overview

The discussion of giving climaxes in worship: 'Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!' That gift is most fully understood as Christ and the salvation He brings, a grace beyond words. Every act of human generosity is but a faint echo of God's own immeasurable self-giving in His Son.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • 2 Cor 2:14Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
  • John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • Eph 5:20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
  • Rom 8:32He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
  • Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
  • Rev 4:9When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
  • 1 Cor 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Jn 5:11–12The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • John 1:16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
  • Ps 30:12To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
  • Rom 5:15But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
  • Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
  • 1 Chr 16:8Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
  • 2 Cor 9:11you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to God.
  • 1 Jn 4:9–10By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
  • Ps 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
  • Isa 9:6For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Ps 30:4Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
  • Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
  • 1 Chr 16:35Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.”
  • Luke 2:38Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

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In Christ all God's promises are 'Yes and Amen'; though rich, he became poor to make us rich, and in him God reconciles the world, making us new creations.

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