1 Corinthians 1:3

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

2from Paul, who has been called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our fellow follower of the Lord.

4I always thank God for you. I thank him for the blessing bestowed on you in Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:2May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

1 Peter 1:2and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.

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 →

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