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PARALLEL BIBLE - 2 Corinthians 9:8


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King James Bible - 2 Corinthians 9:8

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:

World English Bible

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Douay-Rheims - 2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye always, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work,

Webster's Bible Translation

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Greek Textus Receptus


δυνατος
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (8) -
2Ch 25:9 Ps 84:11 Pr 3:9; 10:22; 11:24; 28:27 Hag 2:8 Mal 3:10

SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:8

Y poderoso es Dios para hacer que abunde en vosotros toda gracia; a fin de que, teniendo siempre en todas las cosas todo lo que basta, abundis para toda buena obra;

Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:8

Verse 8.
God is able to make all grace abound] We have already seen, chap. viii. 1 that the word cariv, in the connection in which the apostle uses it in these chapters, signifies a charitable gift; here it certainly has the same meaning: God is able to give you, in his mercy, abundance of temporal good; that, having a sufficiency, ye may abound in every good work. This refers to the sowing plenteously: those who do so shall reap plenteously-they shall have an abundance of God's blessings.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 8. And
God is able to make all grace abound towards you , etc..] By all grace is meant, not the love and favour of God, the source of all blessings enjoyed in time and eternity; nor the blessings of grace, the fruits of it; nor the Gospel which reveals them; nor the various graces of the Spirit implanted in regeneration; nor gifts of grace, fitting men for ministerial service; all which God is able to make to abound, and does, when he gives enlarged discoveries of his love, makes fresh applications of covenant grace, leads more fully into the knowledge of his Gospel, carries on the work of his grace in the soul, and calls forth grace into act and exercise, and increases gifts bestowed; nor even merely temporal blessings of every sort, which men are unworthy of, are all the gifts of his goodness, and are given to his people in a covenant way; and which he can, and often does increase: but by it is meant all that goodness, beneficence, and liberality exercised towards the poor members of Christ; God is able, and he will, and it ought to be believed that he will, cause to return with an increase, all that which is expended in relieving the necessities of the saints; that is not thrown away and lost, which is communicated to them, but shall be repaid with use and interest, be restored with abundance, any more than the seed which the husbandman casts into the earth; for as God is able, and has promised, and will, and does cause that to spring up again, and bring forth an abundant increase, so will he multiply the seed of beneficence, and increase the fruits of righteousness. This now contains a new argument to move to liberality, and an antidote against the fears of want, which persons are sometimes pressed with, and tend to prevent their bountiful acts of charity: that ye always having all sufficiency in all things : that is, God is able to increase, and will so increase your worldly substance, that you shall have a sufficiency, a perfect and entire sufficiency; enough for yourselves and families, for the entertainment of your friends, and the relief of the poor; which shall give you satisfaction and contentment, and that at all times, and with respect to everything necessary for you, as to food and raiment, that so ye may abound to every good work; as to all good works, so to this of beneficence in particular, and to every branch of it, as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and the like.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 6-15 - Money bestowed in
charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which valuable increase may be expected. It should be given carefully. Work of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought an design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses. Help should be given freely, be it more or less; not grudgingly, but cheerfully. Whil some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, an it tends to poverty. If we had more faith and love, we should wast less on ourselves, and sow more in hope of a plentiful increase. Can man lose by doing that with which God is pleased? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us; to give a larg increase of spiritual and of temporal good things. He can make us to have enough in all things; and to be content with what we have. God gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we ma supply the wants of others, and this should be as seed to be sown. We must show the reality of our subjection to the gospel, by works of charity. This will be for the credit of our profession, and to the praise and glory of God. Let us endeavour to copy the example of Christ, being unwearied in doing good, and deeming it more blessed to give than to receive. Blessed be God for the unspeakable gift of his grace, whereby he enables and inclines some of his people to besto upon others, and others to be grateful for it; and blessed be his glorious name to all eternity, for Jesus Christ, that inestimable gif of his love, through whom this and every other good thing, pertainin to life and godliness, are freely given unto us, beyond all expression measure, or bounds __________________________________________________________________


Greek Textus Receptus


δυνατος
1415 A-NSM δε 1161 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM πασαν 3956 A-ASF χαριν 5485 N-ASF περισσευσαι 4052 5658 V-AAN εις 1519 PREP υμας 5209 P-2AP ινα 2443 CONJ εν 1722 PREP παντι 3956 A-DSN παντοτε 3842 ADV πασαν 3956 A-ASF αυταρκειαν 841 N-ASF εχοντες 2192 5723 V-PAP-NPM περισσευητε 4052 5725 V-PAS-2P εις 1519 PREP παν 3956 A-ASN εργον 2041 N-ASN αγαθον 18 A-ASN

Vincent's NT Word Studies

8. Always - all - in everything. Nearly reproducing the play on the word all in the
Greek.

Sufficiency (autarkeian). Only here and 1 Tim. vi. 6. The kindred adjective aujtarkhv A.V., content, occurs Philip. iv. 11 (see note). The word properly means self-sufficiency, and is one of those which show Paul's acquaintance with Stoicism, and the influence of its vocabulary upon his own. It expressed the Stoic conception of the wise man as being sufficient in himself, wanting nothing and possessing everything. 152 Here, not in the sense of sufficiency of worldly goods, but of that moral quality, bound up with self-consecration and faith, which renders the new self in Christ independent of external circumstances.


Robertson's NT Word Studies

9:8 {Is able} (dunatei). Late verb, not found except here; #13:3; Ro 14:4. So far a Pauline word made from dunatos, able. {All sufficiency} (pasan autarkeian). Old word from autarkes (#Php 4:11), common word, in N.T. only here and #1Ti 6:6). The use of this word shows Paul's acquaintance with Stoicism. Paul takes this word of Greek philosophy and applies it to the Christian view of life as independent of circumstances. But he does not accept the view of the Cynics in the avoidance of society. Note threefold use of "all" here (en panti, pantote, pasan, in everything, always, all sufficiency).


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