2 Corinthians 1:1-14

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

*July 9, 2009
<http://www.2rbetter.org/>*


   *2 CORINTHIANS 1-13 - SUMMARY:*

*“PAUL'S DEFENSE OF HIS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY”*

*A. 1:1-2 APOSTOLIC GREETINGS*

PAUlos, aPOSto-los [652] ChrisTOU 'I*e*SOU diA theL*E*ma-tos [2307] TheOU,

*Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus through God's will,*

kai TiMOthe-os ho a-delPHOS,

*and Timothy the brother,*

t*e* ek-kl*e*SIa tou TheOU t*e* OUs*e* en KoRINth*o*,

*to the church of :God which is in Corinth,*

sun tois haGIois [40] PAsin tois OUsin en HOl*e* t*e* A-CHAIa:

*with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:*

CHAris [5485] huMIN kai eiR*E*n*e* [1515]

*2 Grace to you and peace*

aPO TheOU paTROS h*e*M*O*N kai KuRIou 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU.

*from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.*


 *B. 1:3-11 WHO COMFORTS - MUST FIRST BE COMFORTED*

*a. 1:3-4 GOD: THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT*

Eu-lo-g*e*TOS [2128] ho TheOS kai paT*E*R tou KuRIou h*e*M*O*N 'I*e*SOU
ChrisTOU,

*Blessed the God and Father of our :Lord Jesus Christ,*

ho paT*E*R t*o*n oik-tirM*O*N [3628] kai TheOS PAs*e*s pa-raKL*E*se-*o*s
[3874];

*the Father of :mercies and God of all comfort;*

ho pa-ra-kaL*O*N [3870] h*e*MAS ePI PAs*e* t*e* THLIpsei [2347] h*e*M*O*N,

*4 who comforts us in all our :affliction,*

eis to DUnas-thai *h*eMAS pa-ra-kaLEIN tous en PAs*e* THLIpsei,

*that we be able to comfort those in any :affliction,*

diA t*e*s pa-raKL*E*se-*o*s h*e*s pa-ra-kaLOUme-tha auTOI huPO tou TheOU.

*through the comfort by which we ourselves are comforted of :God.*


 *b. 1:5 SUFFERING AND COMFORT: ALL THROUGH CHRIST*

HOti kaTH*O*S pe-risSEUei [4052] ta paTH*E*ma-ta [3804] tou ChrisTOU eis h*e
*MAS,

*Because as the sufferings of the Christ abound unto us,*

HOUt*o*s diA tou ChrisTOU pe-risSEUei kai h*e* paRAkl*e*-sis [3804] h*e*M*O*
N.

*even so our :comfort also abounds through the Christ.*


 *c. 1:6-7. SUFFERING OF LEADERS: FOR COMFORT OF HEARERS*

EIte de thliBOme-tha [2346], huPER t*e*s huM*O*N pa-raKL*E*se-*o*s kai s*o*
-t*e*RIas [4992];

*But whether we are afflicted, it is for your :comfort and salvation;*

EIte pa-ra-kaLOUme-tha, huPER t*e*s huM*O*N pa-raKL*E*se-*o*s,

*whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort,*

t*e*s e-ner-gouMEn*e*s [1754] en hu-po-moN*E* [5281]

*which works in endurance*

t*o*n auT*O*N pa-th*e*MAt*o*n [3804] h*o*n kai h*e*MEIS PAScho-men [3958]:

*of the same sufferings which we also suffer:*

kai h*e* elPIS [1680] h*e*M*O*N beBAIa [949] huPER huM*O*N; eiDOtes HOti,

*7 and our :hope for you is stedfast; knowing that,*

h*o*s koi-n*o*NOI [2844] es-te t*o*n pa-th*e*MAt*o*n [3804],

*as you are partakers of the sufferings,*

HOUt*o*s kai t*e*s pa-raKL*E*se-*o*s.

*so also of the comfort.*


 *d. 1:8-11 SUFFERING OF PAUL AND FELLOW-LEADERS: ALMOST UNTO DEATH*

Ou gar THElo-men huMAS ag-noEIN [50], a-delPHOI,

*For we would not have you ignorant, brethren,*

huPER t*e*s THLIpse-*o*s [2347] h*e*M*O*N t*e*s ge-noMEn*e*s en t*e* A-SIa,

*concerning our :affliction which befell us in :Asia,*

HOti kath' hu-per-boL*E*N [5236], huPER DUna-min, e-baR*E*th*e*-men [1820],

*that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power,*

H*O*Ste e-xa-po-r*e*TH*E*nai h*e*MAS kai tou z*e*n:

*insomuch that we despaired even of life:*

alLA auTOI en he-auTOIS to aPOkri-ma [610] tou thaNAtou [2288] esCH*E*
ka-men,

*9 but ourselves have had the sentence of :death within ourselves,*

HIna m*e* pe-poiTHOtes [3962] *O*men eph' he-auTOIS,

*that we should not be trusting in ourselves,*

all' ePI t*o* The*O* t*o* eGEIron-ti [1453] tous neKROUS [3498]:

*but in :God who raises the dead:*

hos ek t*e*liKOUtou [5082] thaNAtou [2288] eRUsa-to [4506] h*e*MAS, kai
'RUse-tai:

*10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver:*

eis hon elPIka-men [1679] HOti kai Eti 'RUse-tai;

*on whom we have hoped that he will also still deliver us;*

su-nu-pourGOUNt*o*n [4943] kai huM*O*N huPER h*e*M*O*N t*e* de*E*sei [1162];

*11YOU also helping together on our behalf by the supplication;*

HIna, ek polL*O*N proS*O*p*o*n [4383] to eis h*e*MAS CHAris-ma [5486],

*that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many,*

diA polL*O*N eu-cha-ris-t*e*TH*E* [2168] huPER h*e*M*O*N.

*thanks be given by many persons on our behalf.*


 *C. 1:12-14 THE AGREEMENT OF TEACHING AND BEHAVIOR IN PAUL*

*a. 1:12 PAUL'S BEHAVIOR: FLOWED FORTH FROM GOD'S GRACE*

H*e* gar KAUch*e*-sis [2746] h*e*M*O*N HAUt*e* esTIN,

*For our :glorying is this,*

to marTUri-on [3142] t*e*s su-neiD*E*se-*o*s [4893] h*e*M*O*N,

*the testimony of our conscience,*

HOti en ha-giOt*e*-ti [572] kai ei-li-kriNIa [1505] tou TheOU,

*that in holiness and sincerity of :God,*

kai ouk en soPHIa [4678] sar-kiK*E* [4559] all' en CHAri-ti TheOU,

*and not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,*

a-neSTRAph*e*-men en t*o* KOSm*o*, pe-ris-soTEr*o*s de pros huMAS.

*we behaved in the world, and more abundantly toward you.*


 *b. 1:13-14 LEADERS: INTENDED FOR THE GLORYING OF THE SAINTS*

ou gar ALla GRApho-men huMIN,

*For we write you no other things,*

all' *e* ha a-na-giN*O*Ske-te [314] *e* kai e-pi-giN*O*Ske-te [1921],

*than what you read or even acknowledge,*

elPIz*o* de HOti HE*o*s TElous [5056] e-pigN*O*ses-the:

*and I hope you will acknowledge unto the end:*

kaTH*O*S kai ePEGn*o*-te h*e*MAS aPO MErous,

*14 even as also you did acknowledge us in part,*

HOti KAUch*e*-ma [2745] huM*O*N es-men, kaTHAper kai huMEIS h*e*M*O*N,

*that we are your glorying, just as you also are ours,*

en t*e* h*e*MEra tou KuRIou h*e*M*O*N 'I*e*SOU.

*in the day of our :Lord Jesus.*



 *NOTE*: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 is perhaps the greatest portion of Scripture
on “Comfort” that we can find. By the Spirit, Paul places God the Father as
the Father of *mercies* and God of *all comfort*! And, He comforts *us* -
that we may in turn be able to comfort others. Comfort - is to be *passed
along*. It is not to be hoarded. There is nothing we possess so fully, as
that which we share and give away. Jesus *is* correct - *“It is more blessed
to give than to receive!”*


 We all know of that blessed book, *“The God of All Comfort.” * How it has
ministered to so many through the years.


 For me, the whole letter of 2 Corinthians has opened up to me because of
these opening nine verses.


 And - it is *all* because of Christ's “*Finished Work” *on the Cross, that
this great comfort flows out to all of the Redeemed. Oswald Chambers sees
the “*Redemption”* of the Christ as the key doctrine to understand - for out
of *it* flows all the blessings of Grace.


 In this passage we learn that all true ministers of Christ, according to
His example, also follow in a train almost unto death. This whole epistle
points out how futile it is for false apostles, prophets and teachers to set
themselves up in a non-suffering life!


 It is good for all saints to understand what they owe to true ministers and
followers of Christ. They can glory in such ministers, even as these same
ministers find such converts their glorying! - J.A.W.



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