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2 Corinthians 4:15 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 4 · verse 15
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.2 Corinthians 4:15 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 4:15 in context
13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
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Key words (Strong's)
- thanksgivingeucharistiathankfulness, the giving of thanksG2169 →
- abundantpleonazōto superabound, of things, to exist in abundance, to increase, be augmented, to make to…G4121 →
- redoundperisseuōto exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or…G4052 →
- sakesdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
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In these verses the apostle gives an account of their courage and patience under all their sufferings, where observe, I. How their sufferings, and patience under them, are declared, Co2 4:8-12. The apostles were great sufferers;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-18