1 Corinthians 1:9

God is ever true to His promises, and it was by Him that you were, one and all, called into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

8who will also keep you stedfast to the very End, so that you will be free from reproach on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

10Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:35Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

John 17:21that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send 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 →

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