2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed, be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Favour unto you, and peace, from God [our] Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 14:20And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.
Nehemiah 9:5Then said the Levites—Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, Stand up, bless Yahweh your God, from age to age,—Yea let them bless thy glorious Name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Psalms 18:46Yahweh liveth and, blessed, be my Rock, yea, exalted, be the God of my salvation:
Psalms 86:5For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.
Daniel 4:34And, at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes unto the heavens, did uplift, and, mine understanding, unto me, returned, and, the Most High, I blessed, and, to him that liveth age-abidingly, I rendered praise and honour,—whose dominion, is an age-abiding dominion, and, his kingdom, lasteth from generation to generation;
Micah 7:18Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity—and passing over the transgression—of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!
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 →