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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:4

Paul’s idea here seems to be as follows. No matter what variety of affliction we may be experiencing, and no matter what its intensity, God will provide strength and encouragement (comfort) that is adequate for our need (cf. 2 Corinthians 12:9). He will bestow more comfort than we have affliction."The present tense of the verb shows that this God of ours comforts us constantly and unfailingly, not spasmodically and intermittently; and He does so in all our affliction, not just in certain kinds... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:5

Paul personally experienced many afflictions and sorrows, to which he began to refer here. However note that it is a particular kind of suffering to which he referred: the sufferings of Christ (cf. 1 Peter 2:20). These were the sufferings Paul was experiencing because he belonged to Christ and stood up for Christ in a hostile environment."Suffering which is the consequence of disobedience and selfishness has no blessing in it and cannot possibly be described as ’of Christ.’" [Note: Hughes, p.... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 1:4

1:4 encourages (a-2) Parakaleo , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in paramutheomai , so translated in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 'console,' John 11:19 ,John 11:31 ; and 'consolation,' 1 Corinthians 14:3 . The difference is slight, but here, as in Acts 20:0 , there is the sense of 'cheered,' and this might replace 'encourage' and 'encouragement' if there were a suitable noun. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 1:5

1:5 Christ (b-8) I would take this opportunity of drawing attention to the difference between 'Christ' and 'the Christ.' 'The Christ' is a title, the designation of a condition or office, not a name; 'Christ' is a name. These are not used indifferently, and in the Gospels, where in Greek the word occurs alone, it is almost invariably 'the Christ,' the Messiah, or Anointed; while in the Epistles it is rarely so, but is used as a name. Some cases are doubtful, because the structure of the Greek... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:1-24

Introductory Section2 Corinthians 1:1-11. Salutation and ThanksgivingAfter the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives thanks to God for deliverance from it.1. By the will of God] He asserts his divine call to office in presence of opposition: cp. 1 Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:1, and contrast Philippians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1, in cases where his relations to the Church were happy. Saints] A common designation of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:3

(3) Blessed be God . . . the Father of mercies.—The opening words are spoken out of the fulness of the Apostle’s heart. He has had a comfort which he recognises as having come from God. The nature of that comfort, as of the previous sorrow, is hardly stated definitely till we come to 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 7:6-7. At present the memory of it leads him to something like a doxology, as being the utterance of a more exulting joy than a simple thanksgiving, such as we find in 1... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:4

(4) 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 had not been given to him for his own profit only, but that it might flow forth to others. Heathen poets had asserted one side of the truth. Sophocles had said—“They comfort others who themselves have mourned;”—Fragm.and Virgil—“Not ignorant of ill, I, too, have learntTo succour those that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:5

(5) Abound in us.—Better, overflow to us. The sufferings of Christ, as in 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 5:1 (the Greek in 1 Peter 1:11 expresses a different thought), are those which He endured on earth; those which, in His mysterious union with His Church, are thought as passing from Him to every member of His body, that they too may drink of the cup that He drank of. For the thought that in our sufferings, of whatever nature, we share Christ’s sufferings, comp. 2 Corinthians 4:10; Philippians 3:10;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 1:1-24

Comfort 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 I. The Relation of Comfort to Trouble. When we deal with sorrow, not merely as a practical but as a personal fact, no general considerations suffice; speculation is powerless to assuage grief. We only know it is there, and we must either have it taken away or must be taught how to bear it; in other words, we feel the pain, and we long after either happiness or comfort. And of the two it is not happiness but comfort that God has appointed for us. With Christ,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:1-7

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 ought not to pass unregarded as such. It describes, as a rule, the character in which he writes, and the character in which his correspondents are addressed. Here he is an apostle of Jesus Christ, divinely commissioned; and he addresses a Christian community at Corinth, including in it, for the purposes of his... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:5

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 1:4

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 1:5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 1:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 1:1-24

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:1-7

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