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2 Corinthians 9:11
You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Corinthian church regarding a financial collection for believers in need, framing the material exchange within a cycle of divine provision and corporate worship.
The words — πλουτιζόμενοι (ploutizomenoi) = enriching you and ἁπλότητι (haplotēti) = generosity. These terms root the act of giving in divine supply rather than human surplus, directing the motivation toward single-minded giving.
The thread — The pattern of God as the origin of wealth and the resulting thanksgiving runs through 1 Chronicles 29:12, 1 Timothy 6:17, and 2 Corinthians 4:15, while the immediate context in 2 Corinthians 9:10–12 ties material increase directly to multiplied righteous fruit and overflow worship.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that material increase is intended for practical generosity, not personal accumulation, and to expect that such giving will generate concrete thanksgiving to God rather than human praise.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Cross-references
- 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- 1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
- 2 Corinthians 4:15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- Proverbs 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
- 2 Corinthians 1:11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
- Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19 More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”