1 Corinthians 1:2
to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place — both theirs and ours:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:4unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.
John 17:17sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;
Acts 9:14and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'
Acts 10:36the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news — peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)
Acts 18:1And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, 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 →