American Standard Version
2 Corinthians 1:3
3Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 1:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
- New International Version (NIV)Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
Context of 2 Corinthians 1:3
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 12 Corinthians 1:3 word by word
Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 1:3
- Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
- Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, andPethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Job 1:21and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
- Psalms 18:46Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
- Psalms 72:19And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
- Daniel 4:34And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation;
- Ephesians 1:3Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
- John 5:22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.
- John 20:17Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
- Romans 15:6that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 2:11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 2 John 1:4I rejoice greatly that I have foundcertainof thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Blessed be God - Let God have universal and eternal praise: Because he is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the gift of his endless love to man, John 1:16. Because he is the Father of mercies, ̔ , the source whence all mercy flows, whether it respect the body or the soul, time or eternity; the source of tender mercy; for so the word implies. See on Romans 12:1; (note). And, 3. Because he is the God of all comfort - the Fountain whence all…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Blessed be God - This is the commencement properly of the Epistle, and it is the language of a heart that is full of joy, and that bursts forth with gratitude in view of mercy. It may have been excited by the recollection that he had formerly written to them, and that during the interval which had elapsed between the time when the former Epistle was written and when this was penned, he had been called to a most severe trial, and that from that trial he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Father of compassion: God enjoys showing kindness to his people and listening to his children's cries (Psalm 145:18–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. This thanksgiving for his late deliverance forms a suitable introduction for conciliating their favorable reception of his reasons for not having fulfilled his promise of visiting them (2Co 1:15-24). Father of mercies--that is, the SOURCE of all mercies (compare Jas 1:17; Ro 12:1). comfort--which flows from His "mercies" experienced. Like a true man of faith, he mentions "mercies" and "comfort," before he proceeds to speak of afflictions (2Co 1:4-6)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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