2 Corinthians 9:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. ”

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thanks be unto God - Whitby supposes that this refers to the charitable disposition which they had manifested, and that the sense is, that God was to be adored for the liberal spirit which they w...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(m) Thanks [be] unto God for his unspeakable gift. (m) Lest by this great commendation and praise the Corinthians should be puffed up, he concludes this exhortation with this exclamation.
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This concern brings him, however, to a renewed consideration of the grace or liberality, and of the blessings attached to it. He touches in succession on the proper temper of such liberality ( 2 Cori...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thanks . Greek. charis , as in 2 Corinthians 9:8 . unspeakable . that cannot be fully declared. Greek. anekdiegetos. Only here. gift , Greek. dorea . See John 4:10 . It cannot be that Paul...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2036 THE BENEFIT ARISING FROM ATTENTION TO THE POOR 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 . The administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift - Some contend that Christ only is here intended; others, that the almsgiving is meant. After all the diffe...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.— "When I think of these things, I desire sincerely to bless God, on your account, for all the grace he hath given you, and for all the usefulness with w...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. His unspeakable gift - the gift of His own Son, which includes all other gifts ( 2 Corinthians 8:9 ; Romans 8:32 ). If we have received "His unsp...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(c) 9:1-15. Exhortations to Generous Giving There is no need to write to you about the purpose and necessity of the collection, for your zeal in the matter is well known, and has been used by me...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. — So the section on the collection for the saints comes to its close. We are left to conjecture to what gift the Apostle refers: whether to the love of...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Enriched unto Liberality 2 Corinthians 9:8-15 We are not really poorer by what we give away; and God will never starve His own almoners. Note the comprehensiveness of 2 Corinthians 9:8 . God's...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In concluding this subject of the collection for the saints the apostle declares that he desires that their giving should be glad and spontaneous. He excludes two methods of giving, "grudgingly," tha...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. I have judged it proper to consider this verse alone, and unconnected with every other, from the very great sweetness, and importance of it. For, in...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE UNSPEAKABLE GIFT ‘Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift.’ 2 Corinthians 9:15 What was in the mind of St. Paul when he gave vent to this burst of gratitude? Some say that it was the l...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. Meaning either the goodness of God, both to the giver and receiver; for that the one gave so liberally, and the other received so largely, was from the...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. Ver. 15. For his unspeakable gift ] That is, for Christ, (saith Theophylact, whom Piscator followeth) who is called the gift, by an excellence, John...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift By this gift, for which the apostle so fervently thanks God, Dr. Whitby understands the charitable disposition that was in the Corinthians, Macedonians, an...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul does not stress the rightness of their ministering to the saints: this would be superfluous, for of this they were already persuaded, and so expressed themselves, so that Paul had boasted to the...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charity Urged. A. D. 57. 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also spari...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Interpreters are not agreed what the apostle here meaneth by God's unspeakable gift. Some by it understand Christ, who is the gift of God, and the Fountain of all grace; and to this the epithet...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Reasons Why They Should Reveal Their Generosity ( 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 ). It is often noted that this chapter appears to repeat to some extent the ideas in chapter 8, yet from a different...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 9:1 —Connected, in word [περί, in both cases] and in fact, with 1 Corinthians 15:1 , which belongs to the initiation of this “collection,” this “ministration” for th...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 In order to arrive at the full meaning of the words "His unspeakable gift" we should inquire what it is, of all the blessings of redemption by Christ, that most perfectly answer...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 9:1 . Touching the ministering to the saints in Judea, it is superfluous for me to write to you. What a method of finding the avenues of the heart. He knew their forwardness he had...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Encouragement to the Corinthians to fulfil their promises by giving speedily ( 2 Corinthians 9:1-47 ), amply ( 2 Corinthians 9:6 ), cheerfully ( 2 Corinthians 9:7 ), and thereby earn...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Liberal giving brings the blessings of the recipients:
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:35 ; 1 Chronicles 16:8 ; 1 Corinthians 15:57 ; 1 John 4:10 ; 1 John 4:9 ; 1 John 5:11 ; 1 John 5:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:14 ; 2 Corinthians 9:11 ; Ephesians 5:20 ; Isaiah 49:6...
2 Corinthians 9:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His unspeakable gift — His outward and inward blessings, the number and excellence of which cannot he uttered.

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 9:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 9:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes