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Verse 2 Corinthians 1:4. _WHO COMFORTETH US_] Who shows himself to be
the God of tender mercy, by condescending to notice us, who have never
deserved any good at his hand; and also the God of all con...
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WHO COMFORTETH US - Paul here doubtless refers primarily to himself
and his fellow apostles as having been filled with comfort in their
trials; to the support which the promises of God gave; to the
in...
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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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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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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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COMFORTETH. Greek. _parokaleo._ App-134. Occurs eighteen times in this
epistle.
IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104.
TRIBULATION. Greek _thilpsis._ See Acts 7:10.
THAT WE MAY BE. unto (Greek. _eis_. Ap...
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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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_tribulation] Tribulatio_, Vulgate. The word thus translated is
rendered _trouble_in the next clause, and in the Vulgate by
_pressura_, and is derived from a verb signifying to _squeeze, press_.
The E...
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ἘΠῚ ΠΆΣΗΙ ΤΗ͂Ι ΘΛΊΨΕΙ ἩΜΩ͂Ν. _In all our_
AFFLICTION. S. Paul repeats θλίψις (4, 8, 2 Corinthians 2:4) and
θλίβω (2 Corinthians 1:6) as he repeats παράκλησις and
παρακαλεῖν and the repetition should b...
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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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WHO COMFORTETH US— It is certain that the mention of these
experiences must have had a powerful tendency to conciliate the regard
of the Corinthians to St. Paul; and such an introduction to his
epistl...
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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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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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Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God.
US - idiomatic for me ().
THAT...
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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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1:4 encourages (a-2) _ Parakaleo_ , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ;
Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'c...
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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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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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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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WHO COMFORTETH US. — For the writer, the name “God of all
comfort” was the outcome of a living personal experience. He had
felt that ever-continuing comfort flowing into his soul, and he knew
that it...
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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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ὁ f1παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: _who comforteth us
in all our affliction_ (the def. art. indicating trials actually
existing). The verb παρακαλεῖν has three shades of meaning,
(_a_) _to beseech_, eightee...
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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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Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, (3) that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God.
(3) The Lord comforts us to thi...
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Wherewith we also are exhorted by God. The Latin interpreter sometimes
translates the same Greek word by exhorted, sometimes by comforted: so
the sense may be, with which we are comforted by God. (Wit...
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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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4._That we may be able to comfort _There can be no doubt, that, as he
had a little before cleared his afflictions from reproach and
unfavorable reports, so now he instructs the Corinthians, that his
h...
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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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WHO COMFORTETH US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION,.... The apostle in this
verse gives a reason of the former thanksgiving, and at the same time
confirms the above character of God, as "the God of all comfort...
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Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God.
Ver. 4. _By the comfort wherewith_]...
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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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The afflictions and consolations of faithful ministers are designed to
prepare them for giving instruction and comfort to the afflicted....
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Thanksgiving and comfort:...
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WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT
THEM WHICH ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, BY THE COMFORT WHEREWITH WE OURSELVES
ARE COMFORTED OF GOD....
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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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WHO COMFORTETH US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION; US, who are the ministers of
the gospel, (as it may appear by what followeth), for the apostle
saith, that God doth it, that ministers might, from the comfort...
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who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to
comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith
we ourselves are comforted of God. [Paul regarded affliction as a...
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2 Corinthians 1:4 who G3588 comforts G3870 (G5723) us G2248 in G1909
all G3956 our G2257 tribulation G2347
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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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IN ALL OUR AFFLICTION
(επ παση τη θλιψε ημων). Θλιψις is from
θλιβω, to press, old and common word, as tribulation is from
Latin _tribulum_ (roller). See on Matthew 13:21 and 1 Thessalonians
1:6. Th...
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COMFORTETH
Encourages; and so also where "comfort," etc, occurs in following
verses....
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2 Corinthians 1:4
Affliction, a School of Comfort.
I. Sometimes we look with pleasure on those who have never been
afflicted. We look with a smile of interest upon the smooth brow and
open countenanc...
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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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HE HELPS US. We are not orphans!!! God is our Father!!! SO THAT WE.
Christian love is treating others as God has treated us in Christ. If
we have learned from the help which God gives us, we will be a...
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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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_Who comforteth us._
.. that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble_._
DIVINE COMFORT IN TRIBULATION
1. There is no tribulation either for the kind or degree of it, but
God can and...
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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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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 1:4 US... OUR. Most of the
plural first-person pronouns in 2 Corinthians 1:1 (“we,” “us,”
“our”) seem to refer to Paul h
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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 Thessalonians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2
Corinthians 1:6;...
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In all our tribulation - in any trouble [ε π ι π α σ η τ η θ
λ ι ψ ε ι η μ ω ν - ε ν π α σ η θ λ ι ψ ε ι].
Note the nice use of the article : all our tribulation, collectively;
any or every trouble, s...
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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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Who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to
comfort them who are in any affliction — He that has experienced one
kind of affliction is able to comfort others in that affliction. He...