Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 2 Corinthians 1:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Romans 1:7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 1:2 Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philemon 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- 1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
- Galatians 6:16 As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
- Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2 Grace be to you and peace from God…
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.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This was the apostle’s common salutation, Rom 1:7. See…
This was the apostle’s common salutation, Rom 1:7. See Poole on "Rom 1:7". 1Co 1:3; where it is observable, that not the Father only, but the Lord Jesus Christ is invoked, and made the Author of grace, which is the free love of God, and of peace, which signifieth either reconciliation with God upon the free pardon of our sin, or union with men, and brotherly love amongst themselves. The heathens used to begin their epistles with wishing one another health and prosperity; but the apostle hath shown us a more Christian way, and more suited to the faith of Christians, who believe the love and favour of God the greatest and most desirable blessings.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Grace be to you,.... This salutation is the same…
Grace be to you,.... This salutation is the same with that in the former epistle, and is common to all his epistles; See Gill on Rom 1:7.
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co2 1:3Blessed 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,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: whose Son Christ is, not by creation, as angels and men, nor by adoption, as saints, but in such a way of filiation, as no creatures are, or possibly can be: he is his only begotten Son, his own proper Son, his natural and eternal Son, is of the same nature with him, and equal to him in perfections, power, and glory. This is rightly prefaced by the apostle to the other following characters, since there is no mercy nor comfort administered to the sons of men but through the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and Saviour of sinners. And next he is described by his attribute of mercy, and the effects of it, or by his merciful disposition to his creatures,
the Father of mercies. The Jews frequently address God in their prayers (a) under the title or character of, , "Father of mercies". 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 "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. Such as redemption by Christ, pardon of sin through his blood, regeneration by his Spirit, supplies of grace out of his fulness, and the word and ordinances; all which are owing to the mercy of God, which they have abundant reason to be thankful to him, and bless him for, being altogether unworthy and undeserving of them. God is also described by his work of comforting the saints,
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.
(a) Seder Tephillot, fol. 55. 8. Ed. Basil. fol. 77. 1. & passim, Ed. Amstelod. Sapher Shaare Zion, fol. 54. 1. Vid. Kabbala Denudata, par. 1. p. 7.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Grace be to you and peace] See…
Verse 2. Grace be to you and peace] See Ro 1:7.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Grace be to you ... - This is the…
Grace be to you ... - This is the usual Christian salutation; see the Rom 1:7 note; 1Co 1:3 note.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Grace be to you—Doddridge says that this benediction…
2. Grace be to you—Doddridge says that this benediction occurs in eleven of Paul’s epistles. The apostle would scatter his benedictions wherever Christian Churches can be found.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. Grace] See note on 1Co_1:3, and below, 2Co_1:12.
2. Grace] See note on 1Co_1:3, and below, 2Co_1:12.
be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ] Here, as in 1Co_1:3 (see note there), Jesus Christ is associated with the Father as the source of grace and peace.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Grace be to you.—See Rom_1:7; 1Co_1:3.
(2) Grace be to you.—See Rom_1:7; 1Co_1:3.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Grace be to you and peace. On this pregnant…
Grace be to you and peace. On this pregnant synthesis of the Greek and Hebrew greetings, see 1Co_1:3; Rom_1:7.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 2. Grace be to you, etc. See note on…
2. Grace be to you, etc. See note on 1 Cor. 1:3.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain Grace to you and peace from God our Father…
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 apostles or some others, commending him as such ( 2Co_3:1 ), he begins by asserting that he is such through the will of God, and hence needs no human commendation. He joins Timothy with him in the letter, since this young man had assisted in founding the church at Corinth. Anciently Achaia was the northern strip of the Peloponnese, and in this restricted sense Paul appears to have used it at 1Co_16:15 ; for he there calls Stephanas the "firstfruits of Achaia." But in the times in which Paul wrote, Achaia was a Roman province embracing all the countries south of Macedonia, and having Corinth as its capital. Since Paul uses the word "whole," it is likely that Paul means this larger Achaia which included Athens, and of which Dionysius the Areopagite, or some other Athenian, was the "firstfruits" ( Act_17:34 ). As Corinth was the political capital of the region, Paul treated it as the religious headquarters, and addressed all the Achaians through it that any who came to the capital might feel a personal interest in his letter, and read or make copies of it.]
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:2 Paul turns the usual, colorless “greetings” (Greek chairein)…
1:2 Paul turns the usual, colorless “greetings” (Greek chairein) into a rich salutation by praying for God’s grace (Greek charis) and peace on his readers.
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