1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful: by whom you are called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:9And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand generations:
Psalms 89:33I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
Isaiah 11:5And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, end princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.
John 17:21That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast 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 →