2 Corinthians 1: The God of All Comfort

Paul opens his second letter to Corinth by praising the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. God comforts His people in every trouble so they can comfort others with the same comfort. Paul describes a time in Asia when the pressure was so great he despaired of life, yet it taught him to rely on God, who raises the dead. He explains that his change of travel plans was not fickle, because all God's promises are Yes in Christ, and God has sealed believers with His Spirit.

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¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ For we write no other things to you than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end—This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ When I therefore planned this, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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“For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.”

2 Corinthians 1:5 (WEB)

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Second Corinthians is one of Paul's most personal letters. He opens with praise to the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. God comforts believers in every trouble, so that they can comfort others with the same comfort they have received.

Paul is honest about suffering. In Asia he faced pressure so heavy that he despaired even of life. Looking back, he saw a purpose. It taught him not to trust in himself but in God, who raises the dead. He asks the Corinthians to help by praying for him.

Some in Corinth criticized Paul for changing his travel plans. Paul answers that his word was not Yes and No at the same time. However many God's promises are, in Christ they are Yes. God has anointed believers, sealed them, and given the Holy Spirit as a down payment.

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He opens with praise to the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all .
God believers in every trouble, so that they can comfort others with the same comfort they have received.
In Asia he faced pressure so heavy that he even of life.
It taught him not to trust in himself but in , who raises the dead.

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“For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.”

2 Corinthians 1:20 (WEB)

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Dear God, thank You for comforting me. Help me . Amen.

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The Yes of God's Promises

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Second Corinthians reveals Paul's heart more than any other letter. Relations with Corinth had been strained by a sorrowful visit (2:1), a letter written with many tears (2:4), and rival teachers who questioned his authority. Yet Paul opens with praise. God is the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts believers in all affliction so that they can comfort others. As the sufferings of Christ overflow to His people, so through Christ comfort overflows too.

Paul does not hide his weakness. In the province of Asia he was so utterly burdened beyond his strength that he despaired of life and felt he had received the sentence of death. That experience taught him to rely not on himself but on God who raises the dead. Suffering became a training ground for trust. He also invites the church into partnership through prayer, so that many will give thanks for the favor granted to him.

Critics accused Paul of fickleness because he changed his plans to visit. He answers that his conduct was marked by godly sincerity. The deeper ground of his reliability is God's faithfulness. The Son of God, Jesus Christ, was not Yes and No; in Him it has always been Yes. All God's promises find their Yes in Christ, and through Him believers say Amen to God's glory. God has anointed them, set His seal on them, and given the Spirit in their hearts as a guarantee. Paul delayed his visit to spare them (1:23).

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Paul calls suffering a training ground for trust. How can hard times push a person to rely on God rather than on himself?
All God's promises are Yes in Christ. How does that truth give stability when circumstances or people seem unreliable?

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“For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.”

2 Corinthians 1:20 (WEB)

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Dear God, thank You for comforting me. Help me . Amen.

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