Thanksgiving

I (A)give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way (B)you were enriched in him in all (C)speech and all knowledge— even as (D)the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you (E)wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, (F)who will sustain you to the end, (G)guiltless (H)in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (I)God is faithful, by whom you were called into the (J)fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Thanksgiving for the Corinthian Believers

I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus, that[a] in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge, just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed in you, so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift as you[b] eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called to fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:5 Or “because”; the conjunction either (1) introduces a content clause (“that”) giving the content of Paul’s thanks, or (2) introduces a causal clause (“because”) giving the reason for Paul’s thanks
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:7 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“eagerly await”) which is understood as temporal