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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS 1 This chapter contains the inscription of the epistle, the salutation of the persons to whom it is written, the preface to it, and the first part of it, in which is the apostle's defence of himself from the charge of fickleness and inconstancy. The inscription is in 2 Corinthians 1:1, in which an account is given of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,.... The inscription of this epistle is pretty much the same with that of the former; only whereas here he styles himself an apostle of Jesus Christ, there he says he was "called" to be one: for he did not assume that character and office without the call of Christ, and will of God; and which he...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Grateful Acknowledgments. (a. d. 57.) 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the introduction to this epistle, in which we have,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Paul is very jealous of his apostleship. There were some in Corinth who denied it, and therefore he takes care, at the very commencement of this Epistle,—as he does in beginning most...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,— Paul is very careful to remind the Corinthians of that fact, since some of them had gone the length of denying his apostleship altogether. 2Co_1:1. And Timothy our brother,— Whom, in all humility, he associates with himself, although he was a younger man, of far less consequence; but Paul loved...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Christianity is a religion of benedictions. Whereas worldly people often use the language of courtesy towards one another without meaning what they say, the saints of God put a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Grace be to you,.... This salutation is the same with that in the former epistle, and is common to all his epistles; [See comments on Romans 1:7].
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. What a wonderful source of grace and peace! “God our Father.” How can he give other than grace and peace to his own children? “And from the Lord Jesus Christ,” our redeeming Saviour, who has given himself for us, and who has graven our names on the palms of his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed be God,.... This is an ascription of praise and glory to God, for he can only be blessed of men, by their praising and glorifying him, or by ascribing honour and blessing to him: and in this form of blessing him he is described, first by his relation to Christ, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: whose Son Christ is, not by creation,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Let me read those titles again: “The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.” Do not the second and third titles derive much of their significance from the first one? It is because God is “the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Nothing less, then, shall be given to the tried people of God than that same...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation,.... The apostle in this verse gives a reason of the former thanksgiving, and at the same time confirms the above character of God, as "the God of all comfort", by his own experience, and that of his fellow ministers; who, though they had been in great tribulation and affliction for the sake of Christ, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Experience teaches the first rank of God’s servants, and their experience of sorrow and consolation is often the means of enabling them to be the means of blessing to others. Almost...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us,.... By "the sufferings of Christ" are not meant those which he suffered in his own person for the sake, and in the room and stead of his people, the fruits and effects of which abound to them, and in them; but those which he suffers in his members, or which they suffer for his sake; and which are said...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. Are we not willing to endure the greater suffering that we may enjoy the greater consolation?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. The apostles were the most tried, but they were the most comforted. They had to stand the brunt of the battle, but the Lord was their strength in a very special sense. Observe the balance in this verse: “as the sufferings,” “so our consolation;” and “as the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whether we be afflicted it is for your consolation,.... The apostle repeats and explains the end of both his comforts and his troubles, and shows, by a dilemma, a strong way of arguing, that the afflictions and consolations, the adversity and prosperity of him, and the other ministers of the Gospel, were for the good of the saints: and it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. We receive both suffering and consolation for the sake of others, and we are bound to give out again all that we receive. It is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. That, is the grand object of Christians, to live for others. When God has helped us to receive both our comforts and our sorrows...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For our hope of you is steadfast,.... We have long ago entertained hopes of you, that the work of God is begun upon your souls, and will be carried on, and that you will hold on in the profession of your faith unto the end, and not be moved by the afflictions you see in us, or endure in yourselves; and so will pass on cheerfully in your Christian...