1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place of theirs and ours.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes a brother,
3Grace to you, and peace 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 man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:4In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.
John 17:17Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.
Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name.
Acts 10:36God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all.)
Acts 18:1After these things, departing 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 →