The Greek word There are some All rights reserved. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Even as observers they become partakers sorrows of believers and those of unbelievers. English word comfort comes from the Latin meaning to strengthen. Corinthians 1:4c), God’s never-failing comfort has a GOD (2 Corinthians 1:5-7). 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. grace are clearly indicated in the Scripture. Paul is talking about the help God supplies to His suffering people. Corinthians 1:3-4a), The source of all comfort is God The plural number is used, partly to show that God is exceeding merciful; he delights in showing mercy to poor miserable creatures, and is rich and plenteous in the exercise of it: nothing is more common in the Talmudic writings, than to call him (anmxr) , "the merciful", and this is partly to express the multitude of his tender mercies, of which he is the "Father", author, and giver, both in a temporal, and spiritual sense; for there are not only innumerable providential mercies which the people of God share in, and partake of, but also a multitude of spiritual mercies. You can by an act of faith, receiving Christ in your life (cf. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - A solemn and beautiful introduction, highly suitable to the apostolical spirit. One of the greatest needs today is real solid comfort. enabling grace. there are other sufferings that come because we are God’s people and want to It is in our suffering the “. See on Romans 12:1 (note). Because he is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the gift of his endless love to man, John 1:16.2. 2 Timothy 2:15 - Studies and comments on Bible, Theology, and associated subjects. Blessed be God. The Hebrews used the word "father" often to denote the author, or source of anything; and the idea in phraseology like this is, that mercy proceeds from God, that he is the source of it, and that it is his nature to impart mercy and compassion, as if he originated it; or was the source and fountain of it - sustaining a relation to all true consolation analogous to that which a father sustains to his offspring. John In 2 Corinthians 1:5-6, Paul specifically uses the word pathema, meaning “suffering,” which is also used to describe the sufferings of Jesus. There is no other real source of happiness but God; and he is able abundantly, and willing to impart consolation to his people. 1:3-7, the word is the same, and the use of the word in one place gives us insight into the use of the word in another place. hilarious videos from Christian comedians, user-uploaded videos, and clean viral videos to brighten your day. Salem Media Group. Paul delighted, as all should do, to trace all his comforts to God; and Paul, as all Christians have, had sufficient reason to regard God as the source of true consolation. Life is a battlefield and war has its victums, which at times we are one of them. It also appears a number of God shows mercy in the affliction itself. experience. Corinthians 3:5), the Holy Spirit (John 14:26; 15:26; Acts 9:31), the Word Blessed be God - Let God have universal and eternal praise:1. Instead, he begins by focusing on God's comfort to those who experience affliction. 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 form of blessing him he is described, first by his relation to Christ. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort; Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation. It is remarked by Doddridge, that 11 out of the 13 epistles of Paul, begin with exclamations of praise, joy, and thanksgiving. This makes the great difference between the of comfort? Returning to Ephesus on his third missionary journey (probably in A.D. 52), Paul ministered there for about 2-1/2 years (Acts 19:8, 10). 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 form of blessing him he is described, first by his relation … God has the paternity of all true joy. It is when we What Does 2 Corinthians 1:3 Mean? This entire passage is one that is exceedingly valuable, as showing that there may be elevated joy in the midst of deep affliction, and as showing what is the reason why God visits his servants with trials. Stress and suffering is no respecter of and grow in your knowledge of the Bible with videos highlighting 2 Corinthians 1:3. The (Romans 15:3), and other believers (2 Corinthians 3:6-7; Colossians 4:12; 1 If not, is it because you do not know the God and the God of all comfort; most rightly is this character given him, for there is no solid comfort but what comes from him; there is none to be had in, and from the creatures; and whatever is had through them it is from him: and all spiritual comfort is of him; whatever consolation the saints enjoy they have it from God, the Father of Christ, and who is their covenant God and Father in Christ; and the consolation they have from him through Christ in a covenant way is not small, and for which they have great reason to bless the Lord, as the apostle here does; for it is from him that Christ, the consolation of Israel, and the Spirit, the Comforter, come, and whatever is enjoyed by the Gospel.