1 Corinthians 1:9
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
In Context
8Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:9Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
Psalms 89:33\89:32\Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
Isaiah 11:5And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
Isaiah 49:7The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
John 17:21May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.
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 →