Parallel Verses
Amplified
Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Holman Bible
Praise
International Standard Version
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He is our merciful Father and the God of all comfort,
A Conservative Version
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement,
American Standard Version
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
An Understandable Version
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Father of compassionate feelings and the God of all comfort, be praised.
Anderson New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,
Bible in Basic English
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;
Common New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Blessed be the God, and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of mercies, and the God of all consolation:
Darby Translation
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement;
Godbey New Testament
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation;
Goodspeed New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, and the God always ready to comfort!
John Wesley New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all comfort,
Julia Smith Translation
Praised the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion, and God of all comfort:
King James 2000
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
Modern King James verseion
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, father of mercy, and the God of all comfort,
Moffatt New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
Montgomery New Testament
Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
NET Bible
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
New Heart English Bible
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
Noyes New Testament
Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
Sawyer New Testament
Blessed be the God and lather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
The Emphasized Bible
Blessed, be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-merciful Father, the God ever ready to console,
Webster
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation.
Weymouth New Testament
Heartfelt thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father who is full of compassion and the God who gives all comfort.
Williams New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father and the all-comforting God,
World English Bible
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
Worrell New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation;
Worsley New Testament
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation; who comforteth us in all our affliction,
Youngs Literal Translation
Blessed is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
Themes
Comfort » Why God comforts you when you are in trouble
Comfort » God being the God of all comfort
Consolation under Affliction » God is the author and giver of
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about 2 Corinthians 1:3
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving For God's Compassion And Comfort
2 Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 1:3
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Romans 15:5-6
Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
Genesis 14:20
And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High,
Who has given your enemies into your hand.”
And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle].
1 Chronicles 29:10
Therefore David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly and said, “Blessed (praised, adored, and thanked) are You, O Lord God of Israel (Jacob) our father, forever and ever.
Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless (praise, honor) the Lord your God from
And exalted above all blessing and praise.”
Job 1:21
He said,
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Psalm 18:46
The Lord lives, blessed be my rock;
And may the God of my salvation be exalted,
Psalm 72:19
Blessed be His glorious name forever;
And may the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
Psalm 86:5
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.
Psalm 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Daniel 4:34
“But at the end of the days [that is, at the seven periods of time], I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my understanding and reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High [God] and I praised and honored and glorified Him who lives forever,
And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
John 5:22-23
John 10:30
John 20:17
Jesus said to her,
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed and to be praised forevermore, knows that I am not lying.
Ephesians 1:17
[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].
Philippians 2:11
and that every tongue will confess and openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (sovereign God), to the glory of God the Father.
2 John 1:4
I was greatly delighted to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
2 John 1:9
Anyone who runs on ahead and does not remain in the doctrine of Christ [that is, one who is not content with what He taught], does not have God; but the one who continues to remain in the teaching [of Christ does have God], he has both the Father and the Son.