2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-merciful Father, the God ever ready to console,
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2May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
Cross References
Genesis 14:20Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your foes into your power. Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Psalms 18:46The Lord is alive! Blest be my rock! Exalted be God, my protector!
Psalms 86:5For you, Lord, are good and forgiving, rich in love towards all who call on you.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights 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 →