15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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?
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.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-16)Here we have, I. Proper directions to be observed about the right and acceptable manner of bestowing charity; and it is of great concernment that we not only do what is required, but do it as is commanded. Now, as to the manner in which the apostle would have the Corinthians give, observe, 1. It should be bountifully; this was intimated, 2 Cor. 9:5; that a liberal contribution was expected, a matt…
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