3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: …
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-6)After the foregoing preface, the apostle begins with the narrative of God’s goodness to him and his fellow-labourers in their manifold tribulations, which he speaks of by way of thanksgiving to God, and to advance the divine glory (2 Cor. 1:3-6); and it is fit that in all things, and in the first place, God be glorified. Observe, I. The object of the apostle’s thanksgiving, to whom he offers up bl…
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