2 ad Corinthios 3:20

Nova Vulgata

Ei autem, qui potens est supra omnia facere superabundanter quam petimus aut intellegimus, secundum virtutem, quae operatur in nobis,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Mediator autem unius non est : Deus autem unus est.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Ei autem, qui potens est omnia facere superabundanter quam petimus aut intelligimus, secundum virtutem, qu� operatur in nobis:

Bible Verse Review
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able: Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:4, 2 Chronicles 25:9, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:27, Daniel 3:17, Daniel 6:20, Matthew 3:9, John 10:29, John 10:30, Romans 4:21, Romans 16:25, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 11:19, Hebrews 13:20, Hebrews 13:21, James 4:12, Jude 1:24

exceeding: Exodus 34:6, 2 Samuel 7:19, 1 Kings 3:13, Psalms 36:8, Psalms 36:9, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 55:7, John 10:10, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Timothy 1:14, 2 Peter 1:11

according: Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 1:19, Colossians 1:29

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:14 - Is Genesis 18:32 - I will not Genesis 48:11 - God Deuteronomy 3:21 - so shall Deuteronomy 26:7 - we cried 1 Kings 10:13 - all her desire 2 Kings 3:18 - And this 2 Kings 4:4 - and shalt pour 1 Chronicles 4:10 - God granted 1 Chronicles 17:17 - thou hast 1 Chronicles 17:20 - none 1 Chronicles 29:12 - power 2 Chronicles 1:12 - I will give 2 Chronicles 9:12 - all her desire Nehemiah 9:5 - bless Job 9:4 - wise in heart Job 9:10 - great things Psalms 23:5 - my cup Psalms 52:9 - praise Psalms 59:16 - for thou Psalms 79:11 - according Psalms 81:10 - open Proverbs 8:21 - fill Isaiah 30:19 - he will Isaiah 55:13 - for a Jeremiah 33:3 - show Luke 1:49 - hath Luke 2:14 - Glory John 14:13 - whatsoever Romans 16:27 - God 2 Corinthians 4:15 - the abundant 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the power 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - but 1 Timothy 1:17 - be 1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed 1 Peter 4:11 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly,.... This is the conclusion of the apostle's prayer, in which the power of God is celebrated, a perfection which is essential unto God, and is very large and extensive; it reaches to all things, to every thing that he wills, which is his actual or ordinative power; and to more things than he has willed, which is his absolute power; and to all things that have been, are, or shall be, and to things impossible with men; though there are some things which God cannot do, such as are contrary to his nature, inconsistent with his will, his decrees and purposes, which imply a contradiction, and are foreign to truth, which to do would be to deny himself: but then he can do

above all that we ask or think; he can do more than men ask for, as he did for Solomon: God knows what we want before we ask, and he has made provisions for his people before they ask for them; some of which things we never could, and others we never should have asked for, if he had not provided them; and without the Spirit of God we know not what to ask for, nor how to ask aright; this affords great encouragement to go to God, and ask such things of him as we want, and he has provided; and who also can do more than we can think, imagine, or conceive in our minds.

According to the power that worketh in us: either in believers in common, meaning the Spirit of God, who is the finger and power of God, who begins, and carries on, and will finish the work of grace in them, and which is an evidence of the exceeding greatness of the power of God; or in the apostles in particular, in fitting and furnishing them for their work, and succeeding them in it; which is another proof and demonstration of the abundant power of God, and shows what he can do if he pleases.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now unto him - It is not uncommon for Paul to utter an ascription of praise in the midst of an argument; see Romans 9:5; Romans 11:36; Galatians 1:5. Here his mind is full of the subject; and in view of the fact that God communicates to his people such blessings - that they may become filled with all his fulness, he desires that praise should be given to him.

That is able to do - see the notes, Romans 16:25.

Exceeding abundantly - The compound word used here occurs only in this place, and in 1Th 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:13. It means, to an extent which we cannot express.

Above all that we ask or think - More than all that we can desire in our prayers; more than all that we can conceive; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 2:9.

According to the power that worketh in us - The exertion of that same power can accomplish for us more than we can now conceive.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 20. Now unto him — Having finished his short, but most wonderfully comprehensive and energetic prayer, the apostle brings in his doxology, giving praise to Him from whom all blessings come, and to whom all thanks are due.

That is able to do exceeding abundantly — It is impossible to express the full meaning of these words, God is omnipotent, therefore he is able to do all things, and able to do υπερ εκ περισσου, superabundantly above the greatest abundance. And who can doubt this, who has any rational or Scriptural views of his power or his love?

All that we ask or think — We can ask every good of which we have heard, every good which God has promised in his word; and we can think of, or imagine, goods and blessings beyond all that we have either read of or seen: yea, we can imagine good things to which it is impossible for us to give a name; we can go beyond the limits of all human descriptions; we can imagine more than even God has specified in his word; and can feel no bounds to our imagination of good, but impossibility and eternity: and after all, God is able to do more for us than we can ask or think; and his ability here is so necessarily connected with his willingness, that the one indisputably implies the other; for, of what consequence would it be to tell the Church of God that he had power to do so and so, if there were not implied an assurance that he will do what his power can, and what the soul of man needs to have done?

According to the power that worketh in us — All that he can do, and all that he has promised to do, will be done according to what he has done, by that power of the holy Ghost την ενεργουμενην, which worketh strongly in us-acts with energy in our hearts, expelling evil, purifying and refining the affections and desires, and implanting good.