2 Corinthians 1:2

Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Grace	χάρις charis	G5485	graciousness (as gratifying) · noun — nominative singular feminine
you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
peace	εἰρήνη eirēnē	G1515	peace (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
from	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
God	θεοῦ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
our	ἡμῶν hēmōn	G2257	of (or from) us
Father	πατρὸς patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
Lord	κυρίου kuriou	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
Jesus	Ἰησοῦ Iēsou	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — genitive singular masculine, a proper name
Christ	Χριστοῦ.¶ Christou	G5547	anointed · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace…
1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Chr…
1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be un…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:1-2

This is the introduction to this epistle, in which we have, I. The inscription; and therein, 1. The person from whom it was sent, namely, Paul, who calls himself an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. The apostleship itself was ordained by Jesus Christ, according to the will of God; and Paul was called to it by Jesus Christ, according to the will of God. He joins Timotheus with himself in writing this epistle; not because he needed his assistance, but that out of the mouth of two witnesses the word might be established; and this dignifying Timothy with the title of brother (either in the common faith, or in the work of the ministry) shows the humility of this great apostle, and his d…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 1:2

Grace be to you and peace - See Rom 1:7.

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 1:2

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 Romans 1:7.

John Calvin on 2 Corinthians 1:1-5

2 Corinthians 1:1-5 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 1. Paulus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater, Ecclesiae Dei quae est Corinthi, cum sanctis omnibus qui sunt in tota Achaia: 2. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo. 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 3. Benedictus Deus, et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater misericordiarum, et Deus om…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

The Church Fathers

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.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

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."
— John Chrysostom, Homily 1 on 2 Corinthians

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 call him "brother" but Lord. For he is the only begotten Son by nature, not by adoption, and is Lord of all those who have been made children of God.
— Didymus the Blind, PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Corinthians, Second Epistle to the — Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense excitement had been aroused against him, the evidence of his great success, and proceeded to Macedonia.…
Father — A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings…
Peace · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).