1 Corinthians 1:2
to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who are invoking the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and of ours.
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In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul, called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother:
3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos. This one began to invoke the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:4There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
John 17:17Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.
Acts 9:14And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name.”
Acts 10:36God sent the Word to the sons of Israel, announcing the peace through Jesus Christ, for he is the Lord of all.
Acts 18:1After these things, having departed from Athens, he arrived at 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 →