2 Corinthians 1 is the first chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the

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of the

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. It was sent by

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and Timothy ( 2 Corinthians 1:1) to the Corinthian church around 55–56 CE.

Text

The original text was written in

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. This chapter is divided into 24 verses. Some early

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containing the text of this chapter are: * Papyrus 46 (~AD 200) * Codex Vaticanus (325–350) * Codex Sinaiticus (330–360) *

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(400–440; complete) *

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(~450; extant verses 3–24) *

Codex Freerianus Codex Freerianus, designated by I or 016 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1041 ( von Soden), also called the ''Washington Manuscript of the Pauline Epistles'', is a 5th-century manuscript in an uncial hand on vellum in Greek. It is named afte ...

(~450; extant verses 1, 9, 16–17) *

Codex Claromontanus Codex Claromontanus, symbolized by Dp, D2 or 06 (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1026 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, von Soden), is a Greek-Latin diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written in an ...

(~550).

Greetings

Verse 1

: '' Paul, an apostle of

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by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,'' ::''To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:'' Timothy's name is also associated with Paul's name in the Epistles to the Philippians, Colossians, both of those written to the Thessalonians, and in that to Philemon.Lias, J. J. (1897)
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on 2 Corinthians 1
accessed 25 August 2017 Protestant commentator Heinrich Meyer argues that "the saints who were in all Achaia" lived around the wider region but attached themselves to the Corinthian church, the "sole seat" of a church in the region.

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had argued in his ''Annotationes in Novum Testamentum'' ("Commentaries on the New Testament", 1641–50) that the letter was intended to be sent on to "the churches in Achaia". Meyer argues that Paul would have said "to the churches" rather than "to the saints" if that had been the case.

Preface or blessing (verses 3-11)

Paul's introduction to his letter begins in with a thanksgiving to God the "father of mercies" (, ), a Jewish term frequently used in prayer. Gill, J.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible on 2 Corinthians 1
accessed 26 August 2017 The plural ('mercies') generates a strong sense of God's many mercies alongside God's merciful nature; James uses a similar expression, the father of lights (, ), in .

Sparing the Church (verses 12-24)

Paul outlines his aborted plans to travel to Corinth on his way to Macedonia, return to Corinth and then travel to

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. The letter does not indicate where he is writing from, or would have been travelling from. Easton's Bible Dictionary suggests "it was probably written at

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, or, as some think,

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". Margaret MacDonald suggests that chapters 1-9 were composed in Macedonia.

Verse 20

:''For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.'' *"All the promises of God in Him are Yes" ("''yea''" in

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): the first 5 words may be rendered, "as many promises of God", and these promises are all "in" Christ, with and in whom they were made. Moreover, these promises are "in Him reyea". *"And in Him Amen": that is, like Christ himself, who is "the amen, the true and faithful witness, the same today, yesterday, and for ever." *"The glory of God through us": When the promises are received "by us", the believers in Christ, the more glory is given to God. The Syriac version has the "Amen" in the last clause, reading: "therefore by him we give Amen to the glory of God".''John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'', – 2 Corinthians 1:20
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Verse 21

:''Now the one who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anoints us is God,''

Verse 22

:''who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.'' Cross reference: Ephesians 1:13 :''Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.'' This verse is highlighted in the section heading which the New King James Version applies to verses 15-24.: NKJV

References

Sources

External links

* King James Bible - Wikisource
English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org
(ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
Multiple bible versions at ''Bible Gateway''
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