1 Corinthians 1:2
to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
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1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name.
Genesis 13:4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the LORD’s name.
John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
Acts 9:14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
Acts 10:36The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—
Acts 18:1After these things Paul departed from Athens and 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 →