2 Corinthians 1:3

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

1This letter is from me, Paul. God chose me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. Our Christian friend Timothy is here with me as I write. I am sending this letter to you, the people of the church in Corinth city. I am sending it also to all of God's people who live in other places in Achaia. 2I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will continue to help you. I pray that they will give you peace in your minds. We thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, because he is so good to us. As our Father, he is very kind to us. He is our God who comforts us in every way. 4Whenever we have trouble, he comforts us. Because of that, we ourselves can comfort other people. When they have any kind of trouble, we can comfort them, in the same way that God has comforted us. 5Christ himself received much pain, and God comforted him. As Christ's servants, we also receive the same kind of pain. But, God also comforts us very much, because we belong to Christ.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Blessedεὐλογητόςeulogētos · praiseworthyG2128
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• of ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• of merciesοἰκτιρμόςoiktirmos · compassionG3628
• of allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• comfortπαράκλησιςparaklēsis · encouragementG3874

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 1:3

• Genesis 14:20Praise the Most High God! He has given you power over your enemies.’ After that, Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth part of everything.
• 1 Chronicles 29:10David praised the Lord in front of all the people who had met together. He said, ‘We praise you Lord, the God of our ancestor, Israel. You deserve that people praise you for ever!
• Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites (Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah) said, ‘Stand up and praise the Lord your God. He lives always and for ever.’ They said, ‘Your name is great and wonderful. We praise you more than words could ever say.
• Job 1:21He said, ‘When I was born, I had nothing. When I die, I will take nothing with me. The Lord has given me all the things that I have. The Lord may choose to take those things away. I will continue to praise the name of the Lord!’
• Psalms 18:46The Lord is alive! He is my strong Rock! Everyone should praise him! He rules as king! He is the God who saves me.
• Psalms 72:19Praise his great name for ever! May his glory fill the whole earth! Amen! May that all happen!
• Daniel 4:34At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up towards heaven. My own mind returned to me again. I praised the powerful God above who lives for ever. I worshipped him as a great God. His kingdom will continue for ever. He will always have authority to rule.
• Ephesians 1:3We praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has blessed us in very many ways. Because we belong to Christ, we enjoy all the good things that come from heaven. God blesses our spirits with those good things.
• 1 Peter 1:3We praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is very kind to us, so that he has given us new life. This is possible because God raised Jesus Christ to new life after his death. Now, as we live, we are sure that we will receive good things from God.
• 2 Corinthians 11:31I am not telling lies. God, the Father of the Lord Jesus, knows that. He is the one that we should praise for ever.
• John 5:22More than that, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given authority to the Son, so that the Son will judge all people.
• John 10:30My Father and I are one.’
• John 20:17Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me because I have not gone up to the Father yet. But go to my brothers, the disciples. Tell them, “Now I will go up to my Father. He is also your Father. He is my God, and he is your God.” ’
• Romans 15:6As a result, all of you will praise God together with the same thoughts. You will all agree that God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is very great.
• Philippians 2:11Everyone will have to agree that Jesus Christ is Lord. When they say that aloud, they will show that God the Father is very great.
• 2 John 1:4I was very happy to hear about some of your children. I am happy because they are living in a good way. They are obeying the true message about God. They are doing what God our Father has told us to do.

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