2 Corinthians 1:3

Paul bursts into praise of God as the Father of mercies and the source of all comfort. God's very character is to show compassion to the afflicted.

Cross-references · 22

• Eph 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.
• 1 Pet 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,
• Rom 15:5–6Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
• Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
• Mic 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?
• Dan 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
• Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Eph 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.
• Phil 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• John 5:22–23Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
• Gen 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
• 2 Jn 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.
• 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
• Ps 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• Dan 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.
• Neh 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.
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• 2 Jn 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
• 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.’”
• 1 Chr 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.
• 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.”

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