Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and 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;
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,
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,
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 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Romans 15:5-6
Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
1 Chronicles 29:10
Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, "You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Bessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
Psalm 18:46
Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalm 72:19
Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
Psalm 86:5
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Psalm 86:15
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
Daniel 4:34
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
John 5:22-23
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
John 10:30
I and the Father are one."
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
Philippians 2:11
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
2 John 1:9
Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.