2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Grace unto you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 14:20And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gace him the tithes of all.
Nehemiah 9:5And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise.
Psalms 18:46The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
Psalms 86:5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
Daniel 4:34Now at the end of the days, I Nabuchodonosor lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my sense was restored to me: and I blessed the most High, and I praised and glorified him that liveth for ever: for his power is an everlasting power, and his kingdom is to all generations.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:2-3
Second Corinthians In his former epistle the apostle had signified his intentions of coming to Corinth, as he passed through Macedonia ( xvi. 5 ), but, being providentially hindered for some time, he writes this second epistle to them about a year after the former; and there seem to be these two urgent occasions:—1. The case of the incestuous person, who lay under censure, required that with all speed he should be restored and received again into communion. This therefore he gives directions about ( ch. ii. ), and… Read the whole commentary →