2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
KJV
χάρις τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.
Greek NT
Gratias Deo super inenarrabili dono ejus.
Vulgate
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
ASV
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δωρεά
dorea
noun · 11×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀνεκδιήγητος
anekdiegetos
adjective · 1×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: χάρις | WH/Treg/NIV: χάρις | RP: + δὲ
- χάρις — SBLGNT
- χάρις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1083The dual dimension of the Christian liturgy as a response of faith and love to the spiritual blessings the Father bestows on us is thus evident. On the one hand, the Church, united with her Lord and "in the Holy Spirit,"5 blesses the Father "for his inexpressible gift6 in her adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. On the other hand, until the consummation of God's plan, the Churc…
§2122The minister should ask nothing for the administration of the sacraments beyond the offerings defined by the competent authority, always being careful that the needy are not deprived of the help of the sacraments because of their poverty."56 The competent authority determines these "offerings" in accordance with the principle that the Christian people ought to contribute to the…
2. Then he suffers Him. And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him. For inasmuch as many supposed that John was greater than He, because John had been brought up all his time in the wilderness, and was son of a chief priest, and was c…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:8 — Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
- 1Chr 29:13 — Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
- 1Cor 15:57 — But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1Cor 15:57 — But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- 1Thess 3:9 — For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
- 2Cor 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
- 2Cor 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
- 2Cor 9:11 — Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
- Eph 5:20 — Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- Isa 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou
- Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- John 1:16 — And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- Luke 2:14 — Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- Luke 2:38 — And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
- Ps 30:4 — Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- Ps 30:12 — To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
- Ps 92:1 — IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Rev 4:9 — And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
- Rev 11:17 — Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
- Rom 5:15 — But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded un
- Rom 5:15 — But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded un
- Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Rom 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?