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God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
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God Provides for Givers
Commentators universally see this verse as a direct promise to combat the fear that giving leads to poverty. God actively replenishes the resources of a cheerful giver, not for personal luxury, but to enable continued generosity. As multiple scholars note, this creates a divine cycle: God provides so that we can give, and our giving opens the door for His continued provision.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And God is able, etc. Do not suppose that by giving liberally you will be impoverished and reduced to want. You should rather trust in God…
Is able (δυνατε). Late verb, not found except here; 13:3; Romans 14:4. So far a Pauline word made from δυνατος, able.
19th Century
Anglican
God is able to make all grace abound toward you.—The word “grace” must be taken with somewhat of the same latitude as in [Reference 2 Cori…
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God shows his approval of the cheerful giver (v.7b) in his provision of spiritual grace and material prosperity (“all grace”) that enable this pers…
16th Century
Protestant
And God is able: again, he provides against the base thought which our unbelief constantly suggests to us: “What! Will you not rather have…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God is able to make all grace abound towards you By "all grace" is meant, not the love and favour of God, the so…
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Money given in charity may seem to the carnal mind to be thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the Apostle gives the reason for the three ways of giving. In this regard, he does two things. First, he assigns the reason on the givers' pa…
