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Verse 2 Corinthians 1:3. _BLESSED_ BE _GOD_] Let God have universal
and eternal praise:
1. Because he is the _Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_, who is the
gift of his endless love to man, John 1:16....
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BLESSED BE GOD - This is the commencement properly of the Epistle, and
it is the language of a heart that is full of joy, and that bursts
forth with gratitude in view of mercy. It may have been excite...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. TRUE MINISTRY AS MANIFESTED IN THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE
APOSTLE. Chapter s 1-7
1. The Introduction
CHAPTER 1:1-7
_ 1. The Salutation. (2 Corinthians 1:1)_
2. The...
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SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION.
2 Corinthians 1:1 f. Timothy, whose approaching visit to Corinth had
been announced in 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 16:11, is now
again in Paul's company, and
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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through God's will, and Timothy, the
brother you all know, send this letter to the Church of God which is
at Corinth, together with all God's dedicated people who are...
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BLESSED. Greek. _eulogetos._ See Romans 1:2.
GOD. the God.
EVEN. and, as in Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3.
LORD. App-98.
MERCIES. Greek. _oiktirmos._ See...
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The mutual interdependence of St Paul and the Corinthian Church
3. _Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Two
feelings rise at once in the Apostle's mind. The first is an
overwhel...
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ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΗΤῸΣ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΑΤῊΡ ΤΟΥ͂
ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἩΜΩ͂Ν Ἰ. ΧΡ. _Blessed be_ THE GOD AND FATHER
_of our Lord Jesus Christ_ (R.V.), as in the A.V. of Ephesians 1:3 and
1 Peter 1:3. Comp. 2 Corinthians 11:31;...
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ΕΎΛΟΓΗΤΌΣ (G2128) благословенный,
иудейская хвала Богу, выражающая
признательность за благословение (TDNT;
TDOT; NIDNTT, 1:206; EDNT; Furnish),
ΟΊΚΤΙΡΜΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΟΊΚΤΙΡΜΌΣ (G3628)
сострадание,...
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DISCOURSE: 1998
THE TRIALS AND CONSOLATIONS OF MINISTERS USEFUL TO THEIR PEOPLE
2 Corinthians 1:3. _Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all...
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BLESSED BE GOD— St. Paul begins with justifying his former letter to
them which had afflicted them, (see ch. 2 Corinthians 7:7.) by telling
them that he thanks God for his deliverance out of his affli...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Comfort in Affliction
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 1:3-11. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforteth
us...
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Butler's Comments
SECTION 1
Affliction (2 Corinthians 1:1-11)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother.
To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the s...
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Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
This thanksgiving for his late deliverance forms a suitable
introduction, conciliating t...
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1 Timothy is associated with Paul in this introduction, as Sosthenes
is in the former epistle, yet it is evident that Paul himself wrote
both epistles, for he continually refers to himself in them, an...
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INTRODUCTORY SECTION
2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving
After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed
reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
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PARAPHRASE. 'We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Fount of all blessing and comfort, (4) for the comfort and
courage He gives us in our trials, whereby we are enabled to com...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS
AUTHOR
Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and
2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
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BLESSED BE GOD... THE FATHER OF MERCIES. — The opening words are
spoken out of the fulness of the Apostle’s heart. He has had a
comfort which he recognises as having come from God. The nature of
that...
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CHAPTER 1
SUFFERING AND CONSOLATION.
2 Corinthians 1:1 (R.V)
THE greeting with which St. Paul introduces his Epistles is much alike
in them all, but it never becomes a mere formality, and ought not...
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εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς κ. τ. λ.: _blessed is the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_. Note that τοῦ Κυρίου
is dependent on Θεός as well as on πατήρ; _cf._ Ephesians
1:17, and John 20:17; Revelation 1:6...
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SHARING COMFORT IN AFFLICTION
2 Corinthians 1:1
This was a circular letter, including in its scope all the scattered
communities in the district. _Grace_ was the usual salutation of the
West, _Peace_...
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The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the
first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis
on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
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THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT
Paul went on to thank God and honor him as the source of mercy and
comfort. The singer of Israel sang of God in Psalms 86:15. "But You, O
Lord, are a God full of compassion, and...
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(2) (a) Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of (b) mercies, and the God of all comfort;
(2) He begins after this manner with thanksgiving, which nonetheless
(otherwi...
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the
saints which are in all Achaia: (2) Grace be to you and peace fro...
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3_Blessed be God _He begins (as has been observed) with this
thanksgiving — partly for the purpose of extolling the goodness of
God — partly, with the view of animating the Corinthians by his
example...
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The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the
influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when
the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
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BLESSED BE GOD,.... This is an ascription of praise and glory to God,
for he can only be blessed of men, by their praising and glorifying
him, or by ascribing honour and blessing to him: and in this f...
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Blessed _be_ God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Ver. 3. _The Father of mercies_] Only it must be remembered that as
he is _Pater miserat...
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_Blessed be God_, &c. A solemn and beautiful introduction, highly
suitable to the apostolical spirit; _even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ_ Who is his _only-begotten_ Son, both as to his divine a...
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Thanksgiving and comfort:...
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BLESSED BE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER
OF MERCIES, AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT,...
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It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of
God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his
authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
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1-11 We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is
able to give peace to the troubled conscience, and to calm...
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
[fountain, source-- Psalms 86:15; Ephesians 1:17] _of mercies and God
of all comfort_;...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
), yet "the blessed God," (who is "the Father) of our Lord Jesus
Christ,"[489]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
may be claimed for (Marcion's) sterile god, how mu...
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2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed G2128 God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 our
G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547
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GOD BOTH AFFLICTS AND COMFORTS ALL WHO ARE HIS FOR THEIR SALVATION (2
CORINTHIANS 1:3).
The verses that follow lay the foundation of what he will say
throughout the letter. At first sight they might a...
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‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our
affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
aff...
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2 Corinthians 1:3. BLESSED _BE _ THE GOD AND FATHER, etc. not
‘Blessed _is_ God' (as Alford unnaturally and inconsistently with
his own rendering of the same words in Ephesians 1:3), the FATHER OF
MER...
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BLESSED
(ευλογητος). From old verb ευλογεω, to speak well of,
but late verbal in LXX and Philo. Used of men in Genesis 24:31, but
only of God in N.T. as in Luke 1:68 and chiefly in Paul (2 Corinthia...
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2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_
Paul is ver...
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2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God,_
Paul is very careful to remind the Corinthians of that fact, since
some of them had gone the length of denying his apostleshi...
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CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his
encouragement to them in Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus.
CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
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2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that
Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth.
_With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
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LET US GIVE THANKS! Compare Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3 and notes....
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_Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father
of mercies, and the God of all comfort._
WHY WE SHOULD BLESS GOD
What good can we do to God in blessing of Him? He is blessed, th...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 Paul offers praise to God as
he introduces the main themes to follow.
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Paul’s Defense of His
Ministry as an Apostle. Paul’s ministry reflects the work of the
Holy Spirit.
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SECOND EPISTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply
rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now
penitent....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:3.—John calls the Son a “Comforter” (1 John
2:1). Christ calls the Spirit a “Comforter” (John 14:16,
“another” also implying that He Himself had been such to the
disci...
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EXPOSITION
Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2).
Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his
affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically...
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Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1.
The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of
carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's
first epistle,...
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1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 John 1:4;...
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The Father of mercies [ο π α τ η ρ τ ω ν ο ι κ τ ι ρ μ
ω ν]. Equivalent to the compassionate Father. Compare the phrases
Father of glory, Ephesians 1:17; spirits, Hebrews 12:9; lights, James
1:17. Oij...
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THE GOD WHO IS ENOUGH
2 Corinthians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
God, in every need, is the God who is enough. His resources are
sufficient for all, deficient for none. His supply is abundant.
When Abrah...
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ — A solemn
and beautiful introduction, highly suitable to the apostolical spirit.
The Father of mercies, and God of all comfort — Mercies are the...
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Observe here, 1. The several gracious and comfortable titles which the
apostle gives to Almighty God; he styles him,
1. THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; so he is by nature; and Christ
his Son by e...