“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:”
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work — Paul pivots from human generosity to *divine sufficiency*: *dynamai* (able), *perisseuō* (overflow/abound), *autarkeia* (self-sufficiency). God's abundance precedes and enables human generosity. The giver participates in God's *inexhaustible supply*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 9:8
“And may God , that is able, fulfill all grace towards you.” By this prayer he takes out the way a thought which lay in wait against this liberality and which is now also an hinderance to many. For many persons are afraid to give alms, saying, 'Lest perchance I become poor,' 'lest perchance I need aid from others.' To do away with this fear then, he adds this prayer, saying, May “He make all grace abound towards you.” Not merely fulfil, but “make it abound.” And what is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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