1 Corinthians 1:2

even to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both their Lord and ours;

1770 John Worsley NT

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 to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth,

3grace and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 17:17Sanctify them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

Acts 9:14and here too he hath authority from the chief priests to apprehend all that call upon thy name.

Acts 10:36According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who 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 →

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