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,

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

2May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

4who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.

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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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