2 Corinthians 1:3

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,”

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God is ‘the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort’—the source of comfort in every trouble.

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,”

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“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”

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“Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;”

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“Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 1:3 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:10Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
  3. Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
  4. Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
  5. Psalms 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
  6. Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
  7. Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  8. Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  9. Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
  10. Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
  11. Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  12. John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
  13. John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  14. John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
  15. Romans 15:5Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
  16. 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
  17. Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
  18. Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  19. Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  20. 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  21. 2 John 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
  22. 2 John 1:9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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