2 Corinthians 4:15 - Exposition

All things are for your sakes . St. Paul has already implied that his life is not his own, and he recurs to the same thought in Colossians 1:24 , and repeats once again towards the close of his life: "I endure all things for the elect's sakes" ( 2 Timothy 2:10 ). Might .. redound. The verb perisseuo may mean either "I abound" or "I make to abound" as in 2 Corinthians 9:8 and Ephesians 1:8 . Here there is a similar thought to that expressed in 2 Corinthians 1:11 , and the best rendering is, In order that the Divine favour, being multiplied through the greater number (of those who share in it), may make the thanksgiving (which it excites) abound to the honour of God .