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God Loves a Cheerful Giver

2 Corinthians 9:15

In 9 translations

BSB
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
KJV
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
WEB
Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
ASV
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
LSV
thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!
YLT
thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!
DBY
Thanks [be] to God for his unspeakable free gift.Elohim
DRC
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
GNV
Thankes therefore bee vnto God for his vnspeakeable gift.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: χάρις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χάρις; Robinson–Pierpont add δὲ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
χάρις τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.
RP2018
Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.
TR-Boyd
Χάρις δὲ τῷ Θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.
SCR1894
χαρις δε τω θεω επι τη ανεκδιηγητω αυτου δωρεα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
  • John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  • Ephesians 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
  • James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
  • Revelation 4:9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
  • Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 John 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  • John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
  • Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  • Psalms 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
  • Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…
  • 1 Chronicles 16:8“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
  • Psalms 92:1It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

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