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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:

KJV

δυνατεῖ δὲ ὁ θεὸς πᾶσαν χάριν περισσεῦσαι εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν παντὶ πάντοτε πᾶσαν αὐτάρκειαν ἔχοντες περισσεύητε εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν,

Greek NT

Potens est autem Deus omnem gratiam abundare facere in vobis : ut in omnibus semper omnem sufficientiam habentes, abundetis in omne opus bonum,

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτάρκεια
autarkeia
noun · 2×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δυνατέω
dunateo
verb · 3×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
πάντοτε
pantote
adverb · 41×
περισσεύω
perisseuo
verb · 39×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: δυνατεῖ | WH/Treg/NIV: δυνατεῖ | RP: Δυνατὸς
  • δυνατεῖSBLGNT
  • δυνατεῖWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΔυνατὸςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§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. And though he seem to have spoken but one single thing, yet His sayings are three, Let him renounce himself, and Let him bear his cross, and Let him follow me; and two of them are joined together, but the one is put by itself. But let us see first what it can be to deny one's self. Let us learn first what it is to deny another, and then we shall know what it may be to deny o…
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:12 — Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
  • 2Chr 25:9 — And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than thi
  • 2Chr 31:10 — And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: fo
  • 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • 2Cor 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
  • 2Cor 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
  • 2Cor 8:19 — And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
  • 2Cor 9:11 — Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
  • 2Thess 2:17 — Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
  • 2Tim 3:17 — That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
  • 2Tim 3:17 — That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
  • Acts 9:36 — Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
  • Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Hag 2:8 — The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Heb 13:21 — Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • John 6:13 — Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
  • Mal 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
  • Mark 10:30 — But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
  • Matt 7:11 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
  • Matt 14:21 — And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
  • Matt 26:10 — When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
  • Phil 4:11 — Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
  • Phil 4:18 — But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
  • Phil 4:19 — But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • Prov 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
  • Prov 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
  • Prov 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
  • Prov 28:27 — He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  • Ps 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
  • Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Rom 4:21 — And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
  • Rom 15:13 — Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
  • Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.