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2 Corinthians 1:2 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 2
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.2 Corinthians 1:2 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 1:2 in context
1Paul, 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:
2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4Who 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- Gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- peaceeirēnēa state of national tranquillity, exemption from the rage and havoc of war, peace between…G1515 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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This is the introduction to this epistle, in which we have, I. The inscription; and therein, 1. The person from whom it was sent, namely, Paul, who calls himself an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. The apostleship itself was ordained by Jesus Christ, according to the will of God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2