Being enriched in every thing. — The context points primarily to temporal abundance, but we can scarcely think that the other thought of the spiritual riches that are found in Christ (2 Corinthians 8:9) was absent from the Apostle’s mind. On the word for “bountifulness” see Note on 2 Corinthians 8:2. The participles are not grammatically connected with the preceding sentence, but the meaning is sufficiently obvious.
Which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. — His thoughts are obviously travelling on to the time of his arrival at Jerusalem, to the announcement of the collected gifts of the Gentile churches at a solemn gathering of the Church there, to the thanksgiving which would then be offered.