Passage
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 1:3 (ASV)
Nearby Context
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "blessed", "father", "lord", "jesus", "christ", "mercies", and "comfort". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Grace to you and peace from God..." into verse 4's "who comforteth us in all our affliction...", so "blessed" and "father" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.