2 Corinthians 9:14

“And by their prayer for you, etc..] The sense is, they glorify God on your behalf, making mention of you in all their prayers at the throne of grace, giving thanks to God for your liberality to them, and imploring all the blessings both of the upper and nether springs upon you; and this contains another argument engaging the Corinthians to liberality, taken from the prayers of the saints for them: or the words may be connected with (<470912>2 Corinthians 9:12) the thirteenth verse being in a parenthesis; and show not only that this ministering to the poor saints relieved their wants, and caused thanksgivings to God, but abounded in this fruit also; it put them upon daily and importunate…”

“Translate, "Themselves also with prayer for you, longing after you on account of the exceeding grace of God (resting) upon you." English Version is, however, good sense: They glorify God (Co2 9:13) by the experimental proof, &c., "and by their prayer for you." But the Greek favors the former.”

“And by their prayer for you - On the grammatical construction of this difficult verse, Doddridge and Bloomfield may be consulted. It is probably to be taken in connection with 2 Corinthians 9:12, and 2 Corinthians 9:13 is a parenthesis. Thus interpreted, the sense will be, “The administration of this service 2 Corinthians 9:12 will produce abundant thanks to God. It will also 2 Corinthians 9:14 produce another effect. It will tend to excite the prayers of the saints for you, and thus produce important benefits to yourselves. They will earnestly desire your welfare, they will anxiously pray to be united in Christian friendship with those who have been so signally endowed with the grace of…”

“by: Co2 1:11; Ezr 6:8-10; Psa 41:1, Psa 41:2; Pro 11:26; Luk 16:9; Phi 4:18, Phi 4:19; Ti2 1:16-18 long: Sa2 13:29; Rom 1:11; Phi 1:8, Phi 2:26, Phi 4:1 the exceeding: Co2 8:1, Co2 8:6, Co2 8:7; Co1 1:4, Co1 1:5; Ti1 1:14 2 Corinthians 9:15”