2 Corinthians 4:15

This concluding statement also reflects the apostle’s sincere desire for the Corinthians’ welfare. All Paul had been experiencing would result in the Corinthians’ good and God’s glory. He gladly endured suffering for the gospel in view of this prospect. Paul had brought God’s grace to Corinth, and now the Corinthians were taking that grace to other people in other places. Gratitude is always the proper response to God’s grace.

"As God’s grace expanded in their hearts and through them reached ever-increasing numbers, so too, the volume of thanksgiving to God for the receipt of illumination (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:6) would increase and promote the glory of God." [Note: Harris, p. 344.]

So far Paul gave three reasons for his refusal to become discouraged as he served the Lord. In the past he had received a divine commission to proclaim a new and better covenant (2 Corinthians 4:1). In the future he looked forward to sharing Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead (2 Corinthians 4:14). And in the present he had the opportunity to promote the Corinthians’ spiritual welfare and the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:16).