2 Corinthians 1:2

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1To the Church of God in Corinth, and to all Christ’s People throughout Greece, from Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, a Brother.

3Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-merciful Father, the God ever ready to console,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:3May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Ephesians 6:23May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ give our Brothers peace, and love linked with faith.

Colossians 1:2To Christ’s People at Colossae — the Brothers who are faithful to him: May God, our Father, bless you and give you peace.

2 Thessalonians 1:2May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

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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