2 Corinthians 4:15

Tyndale New Testament

For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geve of many maye redounde to the prayse of god.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
All of this is for y'all. Everything we do, everything we say, everything we go through, is for y'all. And God's grace is reaching more and more cowboys every single day. One day, there will be a great celebration and God will receive the glory he is due.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

Bible in Basic English
For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

Darby Translation
For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Christian Standard Bible®
Indeed, everything is for your benefit, so that grace, extended through more and more people, may cause thanksgiving to increase to God's glory.

World English Bible
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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For all things are for your sakes, that the overflowing grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God.

King James Version (1611)
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundat grace might, through the thankesgiuing of many, redound to the glory of God.

Literal Translation
For all things are for you, that the grace may superabound through the greater number, and may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For all thinges do I for youre sakes, that the pleteous grace by the thakesgeuynge of many, maye redounde to the prayse of God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for all things are for your sakes, that the grace which was conferr'd upon many, might by the gratitude of so many, redound to the glory of God.

Amplified Bible
For all [these] things are for your sake, so that as [God's remarkable, undeserved] grace reaches to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of [our great] God.

American Standard Version
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.

Revised Standard Version
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Update Bible Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.

Young's Literal Translation
for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

New Century Version
All these things are for you. And so the grace of God that is being given to more and more people will bring increasing thanks to God for his glory.

New English Translation
For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
All of this has been done for you, so that more and more people will know how kind God is and will praise and honor him.

Complete Jewish Bible
All this is for your sakes, so that as grace flows out to more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to overflow and bring glory to God.

English Standard Version
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For all thinges are for your sakes, that that most plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of many, may redound to the praise of God.

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

Hebrew Names Version
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.

International Standard Version
All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, it will increase the thanksgiving of more and more people to the glory of God.1 Corinthians 3:21; 2 Corinthians 1:6,11; 8:19; 9:11-12; Colossians 1:24; 2 Timothy 2:10;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For every thing is for your sake, that grace, abounding by many, may multiply praise to the glory of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
For all things are for your sakes, that while grace aboundeth by means of many, thanksgiving may abound to the glory of God.

New King James Version
For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

New Living Translation
All of this is for your benefit. And as God's grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

New Life Bible
These things happened for your good. As more people receive God's favor, they will give thanks for the shining-greatness of God.

English Revised Version
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.

New Revised Standard
Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, all things, are for your sakes, in order that, the favour abounding, may, through means of the greater number, cause, the thanksgiving, to superabound unto the glory of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God.

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

Lexham English Bible
For all these things are for your sake, in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all thynges [do I] for your [sakes,] that the plenteous grace, by thankes geuyng of many, may redounde to the prayse of God.

Easy-to-Read Version
All these things are for you. And so the grace of God is being given to more and more people. This will bring more and more thanks to God for his glory.

New American Standard Bible
For all things are for your sakes, so that grace, having spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

Good News Translation
All this is for your sake; and as God's grace reaches more and more people, they will offer to the glory of God more prayers of thanksgiving.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle thingis for you, that a plenteuouse grace bi many thankyngis be plenteuouse in to the glorie of God.

Contextual Overview

⁸ We are troubled on every side yet are we not with out shyft. We are in povertie: but not vtterly without somwhat. ⁹ We are persecuted: but are not forsake. We are cast doune: neverthelesse we perisshe not. ¹⁰ And we all wayes beare in oure bodyes the dyinge of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesu myght appere in oure bodyes. ¹¹ For we which live are alwayes delyvered vnto deeth for Iesus sake yt the lyfe also of Iesu myght appere in oure mortall flesshe. ¹² So then deeth worketh in vs and lyfe in you. ¹³ Seynge then yt we have ye same sprete of fayth accordinge as it is writte: I beleved and therfore have I spoken. We also beleve and therfore speake. ¹⁴ For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall seet vs with you. ¹⁵ For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geve of many maye redounde to the prayse of god. ¹⁶ Wherfore we are not weried but though oure vttward man perisshe yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye. ¹⁷ For oure excedinge tribulacion which is momentany and light prepareth an excedinge and an eternall wayght of glorye

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: 2 Corinthians 1:4-6, Romans 8:28, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, Colossians 1:24, 2 Timothy 2:10

the abundant: 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:11, 2 Corinthians 9:12, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 50:23, Galatians 1:24, Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:21, Colossians 3:16, Colossians 3:17, Hebrews 13:15, Hebrews 13:16, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 4:11, Revelation 4:8-11, Revelation 5:8-14, Revelation 19:4-6

Reciprocal: Daniel 2:30 - but Mark 2:27 - General John 11:15 - for John 17:19 - for Romans 8:32 - how 1 Corinthians 4:6 - for 1 Corinthians 9:10 - For 2 Corinthians 1:6 - whether 2 Corinthians 1:20 - unto 2 Corinthians 6:10 - and Ephesians 1:6 - praise Colossians 3:15 - and be James 2:5 - rich Revelation 7:12 - thanksgiving

Cross-References

Matthew 26:52
Then sayde Iesus vnto him: put vp thy swearde into his sheathe. For all that ley hond on ye swearde shall perisshe with ye swearde.

Revelation 14:9
And the thyrde angell folowed them sayinge with aloude voyce: Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receave hie marke in his forhed or on his honde

Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their turment ascendeth vp evermore. And they have no rest daye ner nyght which worshippe ye beast and his ymage and whosoever receaveth the prynt of his name.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 resurrection of Christ, are all for the sake of God's elect; and so the ministry of his apostles and servants, their gifts, graces, comforts, and experiences; and so likewise all their reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions; see 2 Corinthians 1:6. These were endured for their sakes, and tended to their establishment in the faith; were for the furtherance of the Gospel, and of the faith and joy of saints; and this gave no small pleasure and relief to them under their sufferings, that they were of such use to others. Moreover, all their deliverances, when in any imminent danger; were for the sake of the churches:

that the abundant grace; held forth in their ministrations, manifestly to be seen in supporting them under their troubles, and delivering them out of them:

might through the thanksgiving of many; for such appearances of divine goodness, see 2 Corinthians 1:11

redound to the glory of God; which is another thing that yielded them a pleasing satisfaction, in all their distresses for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 - On your account. They are designed to promote your salvation. They are not primarily for the welfare of those who engage in these toils and self-denials; but the whole arrangement and execution of the plan of salvation, and all the self-denial evinced by those who are engaged in making that plan known, are in order that you might be benefitted. One object of Paul in this statement, doubtless, is, to conciliate their favor, and remove the objections which had been made to him by a faction in the church at Corinth.

That the abundant grace - Grace abounding, or overflowing. The rich mercy of God that should be manifested by these means. It is implied here, that grace would abound by means of these labors and self-denials of the apostles. The grace referred to here is that which would be conferred on them in consequence of these labors.

Through the thanksgiving of many - That many may have occasion of gratitude to God; that by these labors more persons may be led to praise him. It was an object with Paul so to labor that as many as possible might be led to praise God, and have occasion to thank him to all eternity.

Redound to the glory of God - That God may have augmented praise; that his glory in the salvation of people may abound. The sentiment of the passage is, that it would be for the glory of God that as many as possible should be brought to give praise and thanksgivings to him; and that, therefore, Paul endeavored to make as many converts as possible. He denied himself; he welcomed toil; he encountered enemies; he subjected himself to dangers; and he sought by all means possible to bring as many as could be brought to praise God. The word “redound” (περισσεύῃ perisseuē) here means abound, or be abundant; and the sense is, that the overflowing grace thus evinced in the salvation of many would so abound as to promote the glory of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 build believers up on their most holy faith.

That the abundant grace — Ἡ χαρις πλεονασασα· The abounding benefit-the copious outpouring of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, by which you have been favoured and enriched, may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God: i.e. that the gratitude of the multitudes which have been converted may keep pace with the blessings which they have received, and περισσευση, abound, as these blessings have abounded.