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2 Corinthians 1:2

King James Version (KJV)
Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

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

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Grace be to you … - This is the usual Christian salutation; see the Romans 1:7 note; 1 Corinthians 1:3 note.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give peace to the troubled conscience, and to calm the raging passions of the soul. These blessings are given by him, as the Father of his redeemed family. It is our Saviour who says, Let not your heart be troubled. All comforts come from God, and our sweetest comforts are in him. He speaks peace to souls by granting the free remission of sins; and he comforts them by the enlivening influences of the Holy Spirit, and by the rich mercies of his grace. He is able to bind up the broken-hearted, to heal the most painful wounds, and also to give hope and joy under the heaviest sorrows. The favours God bestows on us, are not only to make us cheerful, but also that we may be useful to others. He sends comforts enough to support such as simply trust in and serve him. If we should be brought so low as to despair even of life, yet we may then trust God, who can bring back even from death. Their hope and trust were not in vain; nor shall any be ashamed who trust in the Lord. Past experiences encourage faith and hope, and lay us under obligation to trust in God for time to come. And it is our duty, not only to help one another with prayer, but in praise and thanksgiving, and thereby to make suitable returns for benefits received. Thus both trials and mercies will end in good to ourselves and others.
Ellen G. White
In Heavenly Places, 34.2

“Grace be to you.” We owe everything to God's free grace. Grace in the covenant ordained our adoption. Grace in the Saviour effected our redemption, our regeneration, and our exaltation to heirship with Christ. Not because we first loved Him did God love us; but “while we were yet sinners,” Christ died for us.... Although by our disobedience we have merited God's displeasure and condemnation, yet He has not forsaken us, leaving us to grapple with the power of the enemy. Heavenly angels fight our battles for us, and cooperating with them, we may be victorious over the powers of evil. HP 34.2

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Ellen G. White
Selected Messages Book 2, 398

[Two messages were sent by Ellen G. White in 1913 to the General Conference in session. The first was read by Elder W. C. White to the conference in session on the afternoon of the first Sabbath of the meeting, May 17.]

“Elmshaven.” Sanitarium, California

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