What Does 2 Corinthians 1:2 Mean in the King James?
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse names favor and wholeness as coming to you from God and Jesus, so peace is received rather than self-produced.
THE MEANING
Favor and wholeness are spoken to you as gifts whose source is God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. You are addressed as someone who can receive them, not as someone who must first produce them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you must prove yourself worthy before favor can be addressed to you.
THE ROOT
χάρις
charis
GROWS FROM
χαρ-
Favor or graciousness; related forms express joy and the granting of favor.
“Grace” in this verse is charis. The Greek word belongs to a shared χαρ- family that also names joy and the act of granting favor. Here, favor is spoken toward you as something coming from God and the Lord Jesus, not as something you first earn.
ALSO GROWS
chara: Joy
χαρά
This related word shows the joyful expression found in the same χαρ- family as favor.
charizomai: Grant a favor; give freely
χαρίζομαι
This verb makes favor active: it is something bestowed, matching the greeting’s direction from God toward you.
εἰρήνη
eirēnē
GROWS FROM
εἰρην-
Peace or concord; a state of peaceful relation.
The verse places peace beside favor and gives them the same source. The word can carry more than a calm mood: it points toward wholeness, received from God rather than manufactured by you.
ALSO GROWS
eirēneuō: Live in peace; make peace
εἰρηνεύω
The related verb presents peace as a condition that can shape how people live together.
eirēnopoios: Peacemaker
εἰρηνοποιός
This related word shows peace taking form in the work of making relations whole.
πατήρ
patēr
GROWS FROM
πατρ-
Father; the source or head of a family line.
The source of this greeting is named as “our Father,” language of relation and belonging. The πατρ- family also names a family line and what is inherited, giving the address a sense of shared origin.
ALSO GROWS
patria: Family; lineage
πατριά
This branch links the word for Father with the people who belong to a family line.
patrios: Ancestral; inherited from one’s fathers
πάτριος
This branch carries the sense of what comes through a father or family line.
THE PATTERN
Favor and wholeness are described as blessings that come from God rather than achievements the reader manufactures.
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.THE THREAD
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.The same Greek word χάρις (charis, favor) appears in both verses: here it is spoken toward you, and there it names the God who restores and steadies you. The thread shows favor taking shape as strength and settling.
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