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The Father of mercies (ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν)
Equivalent to the compassionate Father. Compare the phrases Father of glory, Eph 1:17; spirits, Heb 12:9; lights, Jam 1:17. Οἰκτιρμός mercy, from οἶκτος pity or mercy, the feeling which expresses itself in the exclamation οἴ oh! on seeing another's misery. The distinction between this and ἔλεος, according to which οἰκτιρμός signifies the feeling, and ἔλεος the manifestation, cannot be strictly held, since the manifestation is often expressed by οἰκτιρμός. See Sept., Psalm 24:6; 102:4; 118:77.
All comfort (πάσης παρακλήσεως)
The earliest passage in the New Testament where this word comfort or its kindred verb is applied to God. Compare παράκλητος comforter, advocate, of the Holy Spirit, in Joh 14:16, Joh 14:26, etc. All is better rendered every: the God of every consolation.