Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:15

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:15 - 9:15

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:15 - 9:15

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15

Thanks be to God (charis tōi theōi). Third time (2Co 9:11, 2Co 9:12, 2Co 9:15).

For his unspeakable gift (epi tēi anekdiēgētōi autou dōreāi). One of Paul’s gems flashed out after the somewhat tangled sentence (2Co 9:10-14) like a gleam of light that clears the air. Words fail Paul to describe the gift of Christ to and for us. He may have coined this word as it is not found elsewhere except in ecclesiastical writers save as a variant (B L) for adiēgēton in Aristeas 99 (thaumasmon anekdiēgēton, “wonder beyond description,” Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary). See similar word in Rom 11:33 (anexichniasta, unsearchable) and Eph 3:8.