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2 Corinthians 1:3
3Blessed [be] the 1God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and 2God of all encouragement;
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, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, and the brother Timotheus, to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia. 2Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement; 4who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God. 5Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.
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 the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10And David blessed Jehovah in the sight of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah, the God of our father Israel, for ever and ever.
- Nehemiah 9:5And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let [men] bless the name of thy glory, 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 the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ from among [the] dead,
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows — he who is blessed for ever — that I do not lie.
- John 5:22for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.
- John 20:17Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and [to] my God and your God.
- Romans 15:6that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord to God [the] Father's glory.
- 2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have 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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- 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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