2 Corinthians 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all things are for your sakes - All these things; these glorious hopes, and truths, and prospects; these self-denials of the apostles, and these provisions of the plan of mercy. For your s...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) For all things [are] for your sakes, (n) that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. (9) He shows how this constancy is preserved in them, that is...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharged. Paul is conscious that this disability is spec...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

for your sakes . on account of (Greek. dia. App-104. 2 Corinthians 4:2 ) you. abundant . abounding. Greek. pleonazo . See Romans 5:20 grace . Greek charis. App-184. through . Greek. e...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. For all things are for your sakes He now associates himself with the Corinthians, not merely in the hope of future blessedness, but also in these very afflictions, in which they might se...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For all things are for your sakes - We proclaim all these truths and b...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For all things are for your sakes,— "For I do and suffer all things for your sakes, that the exuberant favour of God may abound by the thanksgiving of a greater number to the glory of God." That is...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For - confirming the "with you" ( 2 Corinthians 4:14 ), and "lif...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. Paraphrase. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For all things are for your sakes. — We can scarcely doubt that he thinks in his own mind, and intends to remind them, of the glorious words of 1 Corinthians 3:22-23 . That the abundant grace mi...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equipment for it. He has risen to a great height, poeti...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Inward Life Triumphant over Affliction 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The earthen vessel had become very cracked and scratched...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this wor...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (10) Always bearing about in the body the...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, an...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. Ver. 15. That the abundant grace ] This is one end wherefore God s...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We having the same spirit Which you have, because we have the same faith: or, we have the same spirit of faith which animated the saints of old, David in particular, when he said, I believed, and...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. A. D. 57. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All things that Christ hath done and suffered, his death, and his resurrection from the dead, and all things that I have done or suffered, all are for your sakes; that the greater benefit it be w...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Consideration of the Consequences of the Difference In the Two Covenants ( 2 Corinthians 4:12-18 ) Having been described as earthen vessels, the practical application of this is now made. As earth...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 4:8 .—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent, not real, contradiction to 2 Corinthians 1:8 (sa...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

abundant grace Grace (imparted). ( 2 Corinthians 6:1-3 ); ( Romans 6:1 ); ( 2 Peter 3:18 ).
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 I. The text teaches this glorious fact, that "all things are yours" or "for your sakes." Every process of godly advancement is all to our advantage. Christ is heir of all things...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the m...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Seeing we have this ministry, of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Knowing that He which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also. Soul-inspiring facts I. That Christ was raised from the dead. “Knowing,” etc. No fact in history is more firmly establishe...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry ( 2 Corinthians 4:1-47 ), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials ( 2 Corinthians 4:7-47 ), especially by the...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How the apostle rose above every handicap:
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Peter 4:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:4-6 ; 2 Corinthians 8:19 ; 2 Corinthians 9:11 ; 2 Corinthians 9:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:10 ; Colossians 1:...
2 Corinthians 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For all things — Whether adverse or prosperous. 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 s...

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes