2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

In Context

2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Fathers and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4who comforteth us in all our distress, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God;

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Cross References

Psalms 18:46Jehovah is the living God; blessed be my rock; Exalted be the God of my salvation!

Psalms 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; Yea, rich in mercy to all that call upon thee!

Daniel 4:34But at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endureth from generation to generation.

Micah 7:18Who is a God like thee, that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by transgression, In the remnant of his inheritance? He retaineth not his anger forever, For 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 →

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