哥林多后书 4:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這一切都是為了你們，好使恩惠既然因著許多人而增多，感恩的心也更加增多了，使榮耀歸給　神。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
凡 事 都 是 为 你 们 ， 好 叫 恩 惠 因 人 多 越 发 加 增 ， 感 谢 格 外 显 多 ， 以 致 荣 耀 归 与 神 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living. ⁹ We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed. ¹⁰ We carry the death of Jesus in our own bodies so that the life of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies. ¹¹ We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death so that the life of Jesus can be seen in our bodies that die. ¹² So death is working in us, but life is working in you. ¹³ It is written in the Scriptures, "I believed, so I spoke." Our faith is like this, too. We believe, and so we speak. ¹⁴ God raised the Lord Jesus from the dead, and we know that God will also raise us with Jesus. God will bring us together with you, and we will stand before him. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁶ So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day. ¹⁷ We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory that is much greater than the troubles.

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

Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."

Leviticus 26:18
"‘If after all this you still do not obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21
"‘If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder. The more you sin, the more you will be punished.

Leviticus 26:24
I will also turn against you. I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28
I will show my great anger; I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

1 Kings 16:7
The Lord spoke his word against Baasha and his family through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. Baasha had done many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord very angry. He did the same evil deeds that Jeroboam's family had done before him. The Lord also spoke against Baasha because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.

Psalms 59:11
Lord, our protector, do not kill them, or my people will forget. With your power scatter them and defeat them.

Psalms 79:12
Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.

Proverbs 6:31
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, and it may cost him everything he owns.

Ezekiel 9:4
He said to the man, "Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the hateful things being done among them."

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.