“ Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ”
Grace be to you ... - This is the usual Christian salutation; see the Romans 1:7 note; 1 Corinthians 1:3 note.
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, a...
Grace. App-184., from. Greek. apo. App-104. Father . App-98. Lord. App-98.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace - See Romans 1:7 .
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Introductory Section 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 . Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and g...
Grace be to you. — See Romans 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 1:3 .
Chapter 1 SUFFERING AND CONSOLATION. 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 (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 ou...
Sharing Comfort in Affliction 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 This was a circular letter, including in its scope all the scattered communities in the district. Grace was the usual salutation of the West...
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 sa...
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 fr...
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 .
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 deriv...
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 o...
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....
Grateful Acknowledgments. A. D. 57. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and...
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,...
‘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,...
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...
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 apostl...
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 peninsul...
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 brin...
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 sympa...
Address, Thanksgiving, and Consolation. The address of the letter:
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The God Who Is Enough 2 Corinthians 1:1-5 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. Wh...