John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Corinthians 1:2
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 2. From God the Father] The Father is the fountain, the Son the conduit, whereby all good things are derived to us.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 2. From God the Father] The Father is the fountain, the Son the conduit, whereby all good things are derived to us.
Verse 2 Corinthians 1:2. _GRACE_ BE _TO YOU AND PEACE_] See Romans 1:7....
GRACE BE TO YOU ... - This is the usual Christian salutation; see the Romans 1:7 note; 1 Corinthians 1:3 note....
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...
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
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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...
GRACE. App-184., FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98....
_Grace_ See note on 1 Corinthians 1:3, and below, 2 Corinthians 1:12. _be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ_ Here, as in 1 Corinthians 1:3 (see note there), Jesu
ΧΆΡΙΣ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΕἸΡΉΝΗ. A combination of the Greek χαίρειν (Acts 15:23; Acts 23:26; James 1:1) with the Hebrew Shalom (2 Samuel 18:28); in both cases with the
ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодать. Милость Бога, данная тем, кто ее не заслуживает (TDNT; EDNT; СРР, 132-33; Martin; Gordon D. Fee, "ΧΑΡΙΣ in II Corinthians 1:15" NTS 24 [1977-78]: 533-38)....
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...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Salutation Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:1-2. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with a...
_GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
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...
GRACE.. AND PEACE] i.e. all good wishes for spiritual blessings....
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...
GRACE BE TO YOU. — See Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3....
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...
ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς κ. τ. λ.: this coupling of the names of _God our Father_ and _the Lord Jesus Christ_ as alike the source of _grace and peace_ is most significant in its bearing upon St. Paul's Christo...
2 Corinthians 1:1-2 ADDRESS. The usual form of address at the beginning of a Greek letter was A. B. χαίρειν (see Acts 23:26); and this is adopted by St. James in his Epistle (James 1:1), and is follow...
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_...
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...
GREETINGS Paul started answering his accusers immediately. He stressed that he was an apostle chosen by God, not men. He placed Timothy's name with his in the introduction, perhaps because he had help...
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...
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;...
GRACE BE TO YOU,.... This salutation is the same with that in the former epistle, and is common to all his epistles; Romans 1:7....
_Paul, an apostle_ Appointed and made such, not by my own will or choice, or those of any man, or any number of men; but _by the will of God_ Who called me by his grace to that sacred and important of...
GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. As in the first letter and in most of his other epistles, Paul's personal interest in, and deep love for, the people won...
ADDRESS, THANKSGIVING, AND CONSOLATION. The address of the letter:...
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....
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...
This was the apostle's common salutation, ROMANS 1:7. SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 1:7". 1 CORINTHIANS 1:3; where it is observable, that not the Father only, but the Lord Jesus Christ is invoked, and made the...
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [Since Paul's apostleship was in dispute, and since it seems to have been insinuated that he ought to have had a letter from the a...
2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace G5485 you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and
‘Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' ‘Grace' and ‘peace' were the two terms used in greetings in Paul's world, the former by Gentiles the latter by Jews. But Paul,...
2 Corinthians 1:2. Grace, etc. See on 1 Corinthians 1:3....
Identical with 1 Corinthians 1:3 which see....
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...
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...
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...
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...
GIVE YOU GRACE AND PEACE. See note on 1 Corinthians 1:3....
_Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God._ PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS Note-- I. The blending of lowliness and authority in Paul’s designation of himself. 1. He does not always bring his a...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:2 GRACE. A wordplay on the normal Greek greeting. Whereas the Greeks said, “Hello” (Greek _charein_), the Christians said, “Grace” (Greek _charis_). PEACE. The pr...
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. ⇐
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....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:1. TIMOTHY.—“Not later (see 1 Corinthians 4:17) and perhaps rather earlier than he wrote the First Epistle, Paul sent (Acts 19:22) Timothy to Macedonia, with instructi...
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...
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,...
1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Samuel 15:20;...
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...