1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
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1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Genesis 13:4To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
John 17:17Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
Acts 9:14And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
Acts 10:36The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
Acts 18:1After these things, he went away from Athens, and 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 →