GRACE 2 Corinthians 9:13-15

Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves 
2 Corinthians 8:4  ... they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord's people.

others will praise God 
Matthew 9:8  When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

for the obedience that accompanies your confession 
Hebrews 3:1  Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.

of the gospel of Christ 
2 Corinthians 2:12  Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, ...


and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else 
2 Corinthians 9:5  So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

Thanks be to God 
2 Corinthians 2:14  But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

for his indescribable gift! 
Romans 5:15-17  But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man (Adam), how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 

(parentheses are mine)

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