2 CORINTHIANS 4:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.”
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God — Paul's suffering and the Corinthians' salvation exist within a cosmic purpose: expanding grace producing thanksgiving that ascends to God's glory (doxazo). The economy is gift-gratitude; the trajectory is from divine grace through human vessels to renewed honor of God.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:15
“That He which raised up Jesus, shall raise up also, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.” Again, he fills them with lofty thoughts , that they may not hold themselves indebted to men, I mean to the false Apostles. For the whole is of God Who wills to bestow upon many, so that the grace may appear the greater. For your sakes, therefore,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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