For all things, that we suffer, are for your sakes, that many may be brought to give thanks, and to praise God for eternity. This encourages us not to fail, nor faint in the cause of God, under these momentary and light tribulations, which mark in us above measure, an exceeding and eternal weight of glory. See the Greek text. (Witham)
Verse 15. _FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES_] We proclaim all these truths and bear all these sufferings for your sakes, thinking all our sufferings nothing if we can gain converts to Christ, and bui...
FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES - All these things; these glorious hopes, and truths, and prospects; these self-denials of the apostles, and these provisions of the plan of mercy. FOR YOUR SAKES - O...
5. THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE MINISTRY. CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Gospel of the Glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:1)_ 2. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels; Weakness and Power. (2 Corinthians 4:7) 3. Resurrec...
It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharged. Paul is conscious that this disability is speci...
THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power which surpasses all things may be seen to be of God and not of us. We are sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in. We are at our...
FOR YOUR SAKES. on account of (Greek. _dia._ App-104. 2 Corinthians 4:2) you. ABUNDANT. abounding. Greek. _pleonazo_. See Romans 5:20 GRACE. Greek _charis._ App-184. THROUGH. Greek. _eis._ App-104,...
_For all things are for your sakes_ Cf. 1 Corinthians 3:22, as well as the numerous passages in that Epistle where the well-being of mankind is represented as St Paul's (and indeed God's) only object,...
ΤᾺ ΓᾺΡ ΠΆΝΤΑ ΔΙʼ ὙΜΑ͂Σ. Once more (see on 2 Corinthians 3:2) we see the Apostle’s affection for his converts forcing its way to the front. The γάρ refers specially to σὺν ὑμῖν, but may cover the whole...
_OVERCOMING MANY TROUBLES 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-15:_ Bad things come to good people. Paul mentions four bad things that had come his way and four ways that those things could be worse. He said, "We are tr...
ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΑΣΑ _aor. act. part. пот. fem. sing. от_ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΖΩ (G4121) делать все больше, расширяться, увеличиваться. Возможно, имеется в виду количественное увеличение (IBG, 108). ΠΛΕΙΌΝΩΝ _сотр. от_ ΠΌΛΥ...
FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES,— "For I do and suffer all things for your sakes, that the exuberant favour of God may abound by the thanksgiving of a greater number to the glory of God." That is, ...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Mortality (2 Corinthians 4:7-15) 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. 8We are afflicted in...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's View Of His Ministry Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from...
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. FOR - confirming the "with you" (2 Corinthians 4:14), and "life ... w...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
4:15 many (b-14) 'Grace abounding through the many.' The grace of God, perfect in itself, multiplies itself in its objects, so that thanksgiving abounds. Paul was delivered, but everything was for the...
The AV is here inaccurate. RV '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.' 16-18. St. Paul goes o...
PARAPHRASE. '(13) Our faith is like that of the Psalmist, who spoke out of the depths of his inward conviction, and we speak what we verily believe. (14) For we are confident that God who raised Jesus...
1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim it bo...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 God in his *mercy has given us this work to do. As a result, we do not lose hope. V2 We do not do things in secret a...
FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES. — We can scarcely doubt that he thinks in his own mind, and intends to remind them, of the glorious words of 1 Corinthians 3:22. THAT THE ABUNDANT GRACE MIGHT THROUG...
CHAPTER 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equipment for it. He has risen to a great height, poetic and spi...
HIS BODILY WEAKNESS DOES NOT ANNUL THE EFFECTS OF HIS MINISTRY....
τὰ γὰρ πάντα διʼ ὑμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: (With you, I say) _for all things_ (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 3:22) _are for your sakes_ (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 1:6), _that the grace, being multiplied, sc._, to me, _through t...
THE INWARD LIFE TRIUMPHANT OVER AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 4:7 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The earthen vessel had become very cracked and scratched, but the...
Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this worl...
GOD'S PROCLAIMERS WILL OVERCOME The treasure would be the gospel. That treasure is carried to the world in earthly vessels, that is, our bodies. Because the body is weak, the greatness of the message...
(9) For all things [are] for your sakes, (n) that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. (9) He shows how this constancy is preserved in them, that is,...
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (10) Always bearing about in the body the d...
15._For all things are for your sakes _He now associates himself with the Corinthians, not merely in the hope of future blessedness, but also in these very afflictions, in which they might seem to dif...
Having received this ministry of righteousness and of the Spirit, the foundation of which was Christ glorified beheld with open face, he not only used great boldness of speech, but his zeal was not ab...
FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES;.... This is a very large and comprehensive expression, and reaches to all the things of Christ, as well as of his ministers. The incarnation, obedience, death, and r...
For all things _are_ for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. Ver. 15. _That the abundant grace_] This is one end wherefore God suff...
_We having the same spirit_ Which you have, because we have the same faith: or, we have the same spirit of faith which animated the saints of old, David in particular, when he said, _I believed, and t...
ALL THINGS; the whole of God's dealings with you. This he says with especial reference to the sufferings and triumphs of God's ministers, all of whom, not certain favorite leaders, are for their sakes...
FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES, THAT THE ABUNDANT GRACE MIGHT THROUGH THE THANKSGIVING OF MANY REDOUND TO THE GLORY OF GOD....
How the apostle rose above every handicap:...
Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to c...
13-18 The grace of faith is an effectual remedy against fainting in times of trouble. They knew that Christ was raised, and that his resurrection was an earnest and assurance of theirs. The hope of t...
ALL THINGS that Christ hath done and suffered, his death, and his resurrection from the dead, and all things that I have done or suffered, all ARE FOR YOUR SAKES; that the greater benefit it be which...
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. [The whole gospel ministry is for the sake of the beli...
2 Corinthians 4:15 For G1063 things G3956 for G1223 your G5209 sakes G1223 that G2443 grace G5485 spread G41
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 4:12) Having been described as earthen vessels, the practical application of this is now made. As earthen vessel...
‘For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.' For, he points out, all that he has described as being...
2 Corinthians 4:15. FOR ALL THINGS ARE FOR YOUR SAKES: ‘Yes; for as I have said, “we are your servants for Jesus' sake,” and that “He that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Him, and...
BEING MULTIPLIED THROUGH THE MANY (πλεονασασα δια των πλειονων). Late word πλεοναζω from πλεον, more, "making more through the more," with play on πλεον. One can think of Bunyan's _Grace Abounding_...
ABUNDANT GRACE Grace (imparted). (2 Corinthians 6:1); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
2 Corinthians 4:15 I. The text teaches this glorious fact, that "all things are yours" or "for your sakes." Every process of godly advancement is all to our advantage. Christ is heir of all things. Th...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ Stern was the labour of the apostles, but they felt that their work was so all-important, so divi...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the wor...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;--_ We are sometimes ready to faint, but we cast our fainting spirits into the arms of God, and our...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the mini...
CONTENTS: Truth taught, commended by the life. The preaching of the Lordship of Christ. The suffering of true ministers with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: A steadfast adherence t...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Seeing we have this ministry,_ of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have li...
ALL THIS. The suffering and work of the Christian servants. When suffering and work points to a definite goal and purpose, man's ability to endure is almost limitless!!! PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING. Paul...
_Knowing that He which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also._ SOUL-INSPIRING FACTS I. That Christ was raised from the dead. “Knowing,” etc. No fact in history is more firmly established....
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. From what was said in the last chapter of the glory and honour belonging to the office of a preacher of the Gospel, S. Paul proceeds to assert that he discharges...
_That the abundant grace might redound to the glory of God. I.e._, through many giving thanks. The Syriac renders it, "that since grace abounds through many, thanksgiving may be proportionately multip...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 4:8.—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent, not real, contradiction to 2 Corinthians 1:8 (same wo...
EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials (2 Corinthians 4:7), especially by the faith in things...
Therefore seeing we have this ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), What ministry? Pointing people to Jesus Christ. as we have received mercy, we faint not; But [we] have renounced the hidden things of disho...
1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 4:11; 2 Corinthians 1:11;...
The abundant grace [η χ α ρ ι ς π λ ε ο ν α σ α σ α]. Lit., the grace having abounded. Rev., the grace being multiplied. Grace is the divine gift of spiritual energy which is shown in the labor, suffe...
For all things — Whether adverse or prosperous. Are for your sakes — For the profit of all that believe, as well as all that preach. That the overflowing grace — Which continues you alive both in soul...