George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Corinthians 1:2
In every place of theirs and ours. Inasmuch as among Christians in all places there ought to be such an union of faith, and conformity of discipline, as if they were all in one place. (Witham)
In every place of theirs and ours. Inasmuch as among Christians in all places there ought to be such an union of faith, and conformity of discipline, as if they were all in one place. (Witham)
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Verse 1 Corinthians 1:2. _THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH_] This Church was planted by the apostle himself about A. D. 52, as we learn from Acts 18:1, c., where see the notes. _SANCTIFIED IN C...
UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH - For an account of the time and manner in which the church was established in Corinth, see the introduction, and the notes at Acts 18:1. The church is calle...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. SEPARATION AND TESTIMONY. Chapter S 1-10 What Grace has Done and the Assurance Grace Gives. 1:1-9. CHAPTER 1 In the opening verse of this epistle...
1 CORINTHIANS 1-4. THE PARTIES IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH. 1 Corinthians 1:1. The epistle is sent in the joint names of Paul and Sosthenes, who may have been the ruler of the synagogue mentioned in Act...
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, our brother, write this letter to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been consecrated in Christ J...
UNTO. to. CHURCH OF GOD. This expression occurs in 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 15:9;...
_to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus_ Literally, TO THEM THAT HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED. The word here rendered _sanctify_means (1) to consecrate to the service of the Deity, and hence (2) to purif...
1 Corinthians 1:1-9. SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION...
ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. ἐκκλησία signifies an assembly. St Paul adds the words ‘of God’ to shew that it should be one in Him, ‘For the Church’s name is not one of separation, but of unity and conco...
_THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-9:_ Paul was chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. God used him to write several New Testament books. Sosthenes was a brother that also ha...
ΈΚΚΛΗΣΊΣΙ (G1577) _dat. sing._ собрание, церковь, группа людей, собравшихся с общей целью; здесь: христианская община Коринфа (Hering; TDNT; EDNT; Matthew 16:18). Indir. _obj. dat._ показывает, кому а...
PAUL, CALLED, &C.— _Paul, a called Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,_ 1 Corinthians 1:2. _Unto,_ &c.—_to them that have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to...
TO THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED, &C.— Nothing could better suit the candid and catholic views whichSt. Paul was so much concerned to promote in this Epistle, than the declaration of his good wishes in thi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Salutation and Thanksgiving_ (1-9) _Commentary Text_ 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 un...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Unity Originates in the Character of God (1 Corinthians 1:1-17) 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the ch...
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...
1 This is not the first time the apostle has written to the Corinthians. He had written a letter to them (1Co_5:9) and they had written one in return (1Co_7:1). This epistle is partly a reply to their...
1:2 saints, (a-17) Saints by [divine] calling....
SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS] consecrated to God through faith in Christ, having Christ living in them and His influence moulding them. CALLED _TO BE_ SAINTS] lit. 'called saints'; because consecrated t...
GREETING AND THANKSGIVING. PARTISANSHIP IN THE CHURCH St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent am...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ ABOUT THIS LETTER CORINTH Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
CHURCH OF GOD. — St. Chrysostom remarks how these opening words are a protest against the party-spirit prevailing at Corinth: “The Church of God — not of this or that man.” THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED IN...
CHAPTER 2 THE CHURCH IN CORINTH In the year 58 A.D., when Paul wrote this Epistle, Corinth was a city with a mixed population, and conspicuous for the turbulence and immorality commonly found in seap...
CHAPTER 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factious sp...
The _salutation_ is full and varied in the epp. of this group. As in Galatians and Romans, P. emphasises his apostleship (see 1 Corinthians 9:1 f.), at present in dispute. The readers are (in 1 and 2...
τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ (in salutation of 1 and 2 Cor [39] only) gives supreme dignity to the assembly of Cor [40] addressed by the Ap. of Christ Jesus the assembled citizens of God's kingdom and commonw...
ENRICHED AND UNITED IN CHRIST 1 Corinthians 1:1 It was pleasant to the church at Corinth to realize that one of their own number was associated with the Apostle in his great ministry. Compare 1 Corin...
The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
(4) Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are (5) sanctified in (a) Christ Jesus, (b) called [to be] saints, with all that in every place (c) call upon the name of Jesus Christ our...
“To the Church of God, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, which is at Corinth, saints by call, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is theirs and ours.” The term...
(1) Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, (2) Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
2._To the Church of God which is at Corinth. _It may perhaps appear strange that he should give the name of a Church of God to a multitude of persons that were infested with so many distempers, that S...
I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God. That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH,.... This epistle is inscribed to the saints at Corinth; who are described by their being "the church of God", a particular congregated church; a number of p...
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 an...
_Unto the church of God which is at Corinth_ The apostle, writing in a familiar manner to the Corinthians, as also to the Thessalonians and Galatians, uses this plain appellation; to the other churche...
CORINTH; the capital of Achaia, the south part of Greece. SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST; Christians. CALL UPON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST; pray to him. This was the practice of Christians, and distinguished the...
SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING. The salutation of the letter:...
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...
Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates, that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH, EVEN THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS, CALLED TO BE SAINTS, WITH ALL THAT CALL UPON THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN EVERY PLACE, THEIR LORD AND...
1-9 All Christians are by baptism dedicated and devoted to Christ, and are under strict obligations to be holy. But in the true church of God are all who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be...
_Unto the church of God which is at Corinth; _ unto those in Corinth who having received the doctrine of the gospel, and owned Jesus Christ as their Saviour, were united in one ecclesiastical body for...
unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and...
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‘Paul, called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth.' Paul speaks like this in almost all the introductions to...
‘Sanctified in Christ Jesus, called sanctified ones (saints) with all those who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours.' ‘Sanctified in Christ Jesus.' The tense of t...
1 Corinthians 1:2. SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS; through living union with the Fountain of Holiness in His Person. CALLED TO BE SAINTS; not in the mere external sense of Matthew 20:16, but (_as the wor...
CALLED _to be_ AN APOSTLE, apparently when first called to discipleship (comp. Acts 26:16-18 with 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:18), though it was not till events put it beyond all doubt
THE CHURCH OF GOD (τη εκκλησια του θεου). Belonging to God, not to any individual or faction, as this genitive case shows. In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul wrote "the church of the Thessalonians in God...
THEM (1 Corinthians 1:2); in contrast with 1 Corinthians 10-13, illustrate a distinction constantly made in the Epistles between the believer's position in Christ Jesus, in the family of God, and his...
1, 2. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,_ -Note the humility of Paul in associating with hi...
I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the writings of his «beloved brother Paul,» that we may see how these eminent...
1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the judgment-seat, if you remembe...
1. _Paul, called to be an, apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ Paul could never have sustained the great weight of responsibility and tribulation which fell u...
CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting in human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
TO THE CHURCH OF GOD. This is the most common name for Christ's church in the New Testament. [_Names of the church:_ see note on 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5.] TO ALL WHO ARE CALLED. The technical word is _...
_Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God._ THE SALUTATION I. The character of Paul. 1. There were two things the apostle knew confidently. (1) That he was “not meet t...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Introduction to the Letter’s Main Themes. The opening verses can be divided into an initial greeting (vv. 1 Corinthi
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2 SANCTIFIED... SAINTS. These two words are closely related in Greek. One is a verb meaning “make holy” and the other an adjective meaning “holy.” Here the adject...
RANSLATED AND EDITED BY W. F. COBB, D.D. EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 George IV. Bridge 1908 SAINT PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS EDITORS PREFACE In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:1. CALLED (to be) AN APOSTLE.—Only here and in Romans 1:1. For exact force choose between, (_a_) one of Christ’s “called” ones, who am also, in point of fact, an apost...
EXPOSITION The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first (Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in א, A, B, C, D. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 _The_ _greeting. _An opening salutati...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1. Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first verse. Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1) Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Peter 1:15;...
Corinth. The Corinth of this period owed the beginning of its prosperity to Julius Caesar, who, a hundred years after its destruction by Mummius (B. C. 146), rebuilt and peopled it with a colony of ve...
THE CARNAL CHRISTIAN 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will consider the opening 9 verses of the first chapter of I Corinthians. These verses give us plainly an eightfold standing which we ha...
THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...
To the church of God which is in Corinth — St. Paul, writing in a familiar manner to the Corinthians, as also to the Thessalonians and Galatians, uses this plain appellation. To the other churches he...