2 Corinthians 1
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Text of 2 Corinthians 1:20-24 on Uncial 081 or Codex Tischendorfianus II, written in 6th century.
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| Book | Second Epistle to the Corinthians |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 8 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
2 Corinthians 1 is the first chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Saint Timothy.
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
Timothy’s name is also associated with Paul's name in the Epistles to the Philippians, Colossians, both of those written to the , and in that to Philemon.
Paul's preface to his letter begins in 2 Corinthians 1:3 with a thanksgiving to God the "father of mercies" (Greek: ο πατηρ των οικτιρμων, ho pater tov oiktirmon), a Jewish term frequently used in prayer. The plural ('mercies') generates a strong sense of God's many mercies alongside God's merciful nature; James uses a similar expression, (Greek: ο πατηρ των φωτων ho pater tov photon, the father of lights), in James 1:17.
Paul outlines his aborted plans to travel to Corinth on his way to Macedonia, return to Corinth and then travel to Judea. 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 Philippi, or, as some think, Thessalonica".
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