2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
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In Context
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 14:20Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and 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!
Psalms 18:46The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalms 86:5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Daniel 4:34At 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 who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
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 →