2 Corinthians 4:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.”

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BSBPD

“All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for the all things <FI>are<Fi> because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 4:15 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
  2. Psalms 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
  3. Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
  5. 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
  6. 2 Corinthians 1:11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
  7. 2 Corinthians 8:19More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
  8. 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
  9. Galatians 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
  10. Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  11. Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  12. Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  13. 2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
  14. Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  15. 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  16. 1 Peter 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  17. Revelation 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
  18. Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
  19. Revelation 19:4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

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