English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 1:3
3Blessed be the 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,
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.
Context of 2 Corinthians 1:3
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at 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 mercies and God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
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
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 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
- Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Job 1:21And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
- Psalms 18:46The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—
- Psalms 72:19Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!
- Daniel 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
- John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
- John 10:30I and the Father are one."
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
- Romans 15:6that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by 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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