1 Corinthians 1:2
to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, to called men, to holy men who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus with all in every place who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--both ours and theirs.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son, and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of LORD.
Genesis 13:4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of LORD there.
John 17:17Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth.
Acts 9:14And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.
Acts 10:36The word that he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching good-news, peace by Jesus Christ (this man is Lord of all),
Acts 18:1And after these things Paul having separated from Athens, he came to Corinth.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:2-10
< Corinth was a principal city of Greece, in that particular division of it which was called Achaia. It was situated on the isthmus (or neck of land) that joined Peloponnesus to the rest of Greece, on the southern side, and had two ports adjoining, one at the bottom of the Corinthian Gulf, called Lechæum, not far from the city, whence they traded to Italy and the west, the other at the bottom of the Sinus Saronicus, called Cenchrea, at a more remote distance, whence they traded to Asia. From this situation, it is… Read the whole commentary →