2 Corinthians 1:2
in 2 Corinthians 1Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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ASV
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This verse in 2 Corinthians 1
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
an apostle of Christ Jesus
on 2 Corinthians 1:1-2
Paul writes as an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, the phrase that opens Ephesians. He names the source of his office first, since the apostleship this letter defends was God's choice.
This site's exposition
Grace and peace to you
Didymus the Blind notes that one grace is named from the Father and the Son together, since the Son gives what the Father gives. The greeting is a prayer.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
Since the gift of God and of Christ is one and the same, Paul wants them to be partakers in the grace of God, that is, in the grace of Jesus Christ.
A commentator
Didymus the BlindPAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH · Written before 398.
proposed
The works that the Father does the Son also does, and the gifts that the Father gives, the Son also gives. It is to be understood from this that although we know God as Father, we are still servants of Jesus Christ. We do not …
So then having brought the whole nation together in one, and saluted them with his accustomed greeting, for, saith he, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
The Medieval Church2 voices
And now he employs the customary greeting, about which has been spoken in other places.
The Apostle wishes good things to the persons greeted; hence, he says, grace and peace to you. In regard to this he does two things: first, he mentions the good things; secondly, their author (v. 2b). He mentions these two gifts as two extremes, between …
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Grace be to you,.... This salutation is the same with that in the former epistle, and is common to all his epistles; See Gill on Rom 1:7.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Grace be to you and peace - See Rom 1:7.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Grace be to you ... - This is the usual Christian salutation; see the Rom 1:7 note; 1Co 1:3 note.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| χάρις | charis | Grace | G5485 → | 153 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἰρήνη | eirene | peace | G1515 → | |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| θεοῦ | theou | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| πατρὸς | patros | [the] Father | G3962 → | 410 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | [the] Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| Χριστοῦ.¶ | christou | Christ. | G5547 → | 523 times |
χάριςGrace
charisG5485 →153 times
ὑμῖνto you
huminG4771 →2973 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἰρήνηpeace
eireneG1515 →
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →640 times
θεοῦGod
theouG2316 →1312 times
πατρὸς[the] Father
patrosG3962 →410 times
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
κυρίου[the] Lord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
Χριστοῦ.¶Christ.
christouG5547 →523 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
it leads to
- Romans 1:7
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Romans 1:7
Through
Romans 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
- Jude 1:1–2
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
- Ephesians 1:2
Through
Philippians 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- 1 Peter 1:2
Through
Ephesians 6:23Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Galatians 6:16
Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.
- Galatians 6:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians; Didymus the Blind, PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH; John Chrysostom, Homily 1 on 2 Corinthians; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 2 Corinthians.