KJV: For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
YLT: 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;
Darby: For all things are for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
ASV: 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.
τὰ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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πάντα | all things [are] |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: πᾶς Sense: individually. |
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δι’ | for the sake of |
Parse: Preposition Root: διά Sense: through. |
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ἵνα | so that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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χάρις | grace |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: χάρις Sense: grace. |
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πλεονάσασα | having abounded |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: πλεονάζω Sense: to superabound. |
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διὰ | through |
Parse: Preposition Root: διά Sense: through. |
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τῶν | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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πλειόνων | more and more |
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Masculine Plural, Comparative Root: πολύς Sense: greater in quantity. |
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εὐχαριστίαν | thanksgiving |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: εὐχαριστία Sense: thankfulness. |
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περισσεύσῃ | may increase |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: περισσεύω Sense: to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure. |
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δόξαν | glory |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: δόξα Sense: opinion, judgment, view. |
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τοῦ | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Θεοῦ | of God |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
Greek Commentary for 2 Corinthians 4:15
Late word πλεοναζω pleonazō from πλεον pleon more, “making more through the more,” with play on πλεον pleon One can think of Bunyan‘s Grace Abounding. [source]
Lit., the grace having abounded. Rev., the grace being multiplied. Grace is the divine gift of spiritual energy which is shown in the labor, suffering, and triumph of the apostles. [source]
Numerous arrangements of these words are proposed. Through ( διά ) should govern the many, not thanksgiving; and redound should be transitive, cause to abound, and governing thanksgiving. So Rev., the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound. The thought is on the line of 2 Corinthians 4:12, that the sufferings and risks of the apostles promote spiritual life in the Church. The grace of God, thus manifest in the apostles, shall be multiplied through the increasing number of those who share it, and shall thus make thanksgiving more abundant for the fruits of this grace as exhibited in the apostles and in the Church. Redound (A.V.) is from the Latin redundare to surge back. Therefore, primarily, of a fullness or overflow from the setting back of a tide. So Milton:“The evil, soonDriven back, redounded as a flood on thoseFrom whom it sprang.”Generally, to abound. From this arises the secondary sense, to conduce, contribute to; that is, to make the causes mount up, or abound, so as to produce the effect. So Addison: “The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public,” etc. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 2 Corinthians 4:15
Rev., correctly, which He made to abound. The verb is used both transitively and intransitively in the New Testament. The transitive use belongs mainly to later Greek. Compare, for the transitive sense, Matthew 13:12; 2 Corinthians 4:15. [source]
For Paul's emphasis on thanksgiving, see Romans 1:21; Romans 14:6; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:11, 2 Corinthians 9:12; Ephesians 5:20; 1 Timothy 2:1, etc. Εὐχαριστός thankful εὐχαριστεῖν togive thanks, εὐχαριστία thanksgivingare found only in Paul's writings. [source]