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2 Corinthians 1:3-11
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2 Corinthians 1:3-11
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Thanksgiving. 3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,[a] 4 who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.(B) 5 For as Christ’s sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ[b] does our encouragement also overflow. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement.[c]
8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction that came to us in the province of Asia;[d] we were utterly weighed down beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.(C) 9 Indeed, we had accepted within ourselves the sentence of death,[e] that we might trust not in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.(D) 10 He rescued us from such great danger of death, and he will continue to rescue us; in him we have put our hope [that] he will also rescue us again,(E) 11 as you help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many.(F)
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- 1:3 God of all encouragement: Paul expands a standard Jewish blessing so as to state the theme of the paragraph. The theme of “encouragement” or “consolation” (paraklēsis) occurs ten times in this opening, against a background formed by multiple references to “affliction” and “suffering.”
- 1:5 Through Christ: the Father of compassion is the Father of our Lord Jesus (2 Cor 1:3); Paul’s sufferings and encouragement (or “consolation”) are experienced in union with Christ. Cf. Lk 2:25: the “consolation of Israel” is Jesus himself.
- 1:7 You also share in the encouragement: the eschatological reversal of affliction and encouragement that Christians expect (cf. Mt 5:4; Lk 6:24) permits some present experience of reversal in the Corinthians’ case, as in Paul’s.
- 1:8 Asia: a Roman province in western Asia Minor, the capital of which was Ephesus.
- 1:9–10 The sentence of death: it is unclear whether Paul is alluding to a physical illness or to an external threat to life. The result of the situation was to produce an attitude of faith in God alone. God who raises the dead: rescue is the constant pattern of God’s activity; his final act of encouragement is the resurrection.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
New International Version
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
New International Version
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us(B) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,(C) so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(D) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(E) so also you share in our comfort.
8 We do not want you to be uninformed,(F) brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced(G) in the province of Asia.(H) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(I) who raises the dead.(J) 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(K) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(L) that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers.(M) Then many will give thanks(N) on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.
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