Comfort and Grace: Letter to the Corinthians
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy, address the church in Corinth and throughout Achaia. They offer words of grace, peace, and comfort from God, emphasizing that just as they have received comfort in times of trouble, they also aim to comfort others. The letter praises God as the Father of compassion and comfort, highlighting the overflowing grace and peace through Christ.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout with all his holy people throughout Achaia Achaia
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To the church of God in Corinth, together To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout with all his holy people throughout Achaia Achaia
Grace and peace to you from God our Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. Grace and peace. overflows. Grace and peace.
The Father of The Father of compassion compassion and the God of and the God of all comfort all comfort
God comforts us in our God comforts us in our troubles troubles
God comforts us in our God comforts us in our troubles troubles So we can comfort So we can comfort others others
Comfort together: Comfort together: Practical care Practical care
Comfort together: Comfort together: Practical care Practical care Being with Being with
Comfort together: Comfort together: Practical care Practical care Being with Being with Prayer Prayer
We were under great pressure, far beyond We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. had received the sentence of death.
But this happened that we might not rely But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. your prayers.
The Father of The Father of compassion compassion and the God of and the God of all comfort all comfort