1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
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In Context
1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:4to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
John 17:17Sanctify them by Your truth; Your word is truth.
Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
Acts 18:1After this, Paul left Athens and went 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 →