II Corinthians 9:15
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Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
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his unspeakable gift--the gift of His own Son, which includes all other inferior gifts (Co2 8:9; Rom 8:32). If we have received from God "His unspeakable gift," what great thing is it, if we give a few perishing gifts for His sake? Next: 2 Corinthians Chapter 10
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle seems to excuse his earnestness in pressing the Corinthians to the duty of charity (Co2 9:1-5), and proceeds to give directions about the acceptable way and manner of performing it, namely, bountifully, deliberately, and freely; and gives good encouragement for so doing (Co2 9:6 to the end).
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!