{Always rejoicing} (aei chairontes). Even in sorrow
( 11:9  1Th 5:16  Ro 5:3-5  9:2  Php 2:18,27  3:1  4:4,15 ). {Yet
making many rich} (pollous de ploutizontes). Old word from
ploutos (wealth), to enrich. Spiritual riches Paul has in mind
as in  1Co 1:5  (cf.  Mt 5:37 ). {As having nothing and yet
possessing all things} (h(9373) m(8864)en echontes kai panta
katechontes). Contrast between m(8864)en (nothing) and panta
(all things, cf.  1Co 3:22 ) and ech(935c) (to have) and katech(935c)
(to hold down, to hold fast). Play on words (simple and compound)
as in  3:2  4:8 . Climax of Paul's panegyric on the Christian
ministry. He now resumes the thread of the story broken off in
 2:14 .