Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 9:15

χαρὶς τῷ Θεῷ κ. τ. λ.: thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift. δωρεά is always in the N.T. (see reff., etc.) used of the gifts of God, not of men; and the “unspeakable” gift (cf. Romans 11:33; Ephesians 3:20) for which the Apostle bursts out here into a characteristic doxology is the gift of Christ Himself (John 3:16) and of salvation in Him, thankful appreciation of which had borne such fruit in Christian lives.

III. The Vindication of his Apostolic Authority. It would appear that while Titus had brought favourable news as to the loyalty with which the Corinthians had received St. Paul's message of reproof in the matter of the incestuous person (2 Corinthians 7:9-11), he had also brought distressing intelligence as to the depreciation of the Apostle's authority by certain active Judaisers at Corinth. The case is so serious that it requires immediate attention, and the third (and last) section of the latter is occupied with St. Paul's reply in vindication of his claims. See Introd., p. 22.

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