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2 Corinthians 9:15

2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

A one-line prayer of thanks from Paul, for a gift from God too great for words.

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2 Corinthians 9:15 in context

12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; 13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Paul’s most personal letter, about suffering, weakness and God’s comfort.

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1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

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Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Give thanks always for all things, in the name of Jesus.

Habakkuk 3:17-18
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Gratitude when the harvest fails: even with nothing in the fields, I will rejoice in the God who saves me.