1 Corinthians 1:2

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

In Context

1Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, his brother.

3Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Acts 9:14"In this city, too, he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who call upon thy name."

Acts 10:36"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by 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 →

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