εὐχαριστῶ. S. Paul follows his greeting always with thanksgiving or blessing (εὐλογητός), except in Gal. (θαυμάζω) and 1 Tim., Tit. Peculiar to this place are μου (exc. Philippians 1:3) and διὰ Ἰ. Χρ. This fulness of phrase corresponds to the fulness of statement in 1–7.

περὶ πάντων ὑ. Cf. πᾶσιν in Romans 1:5; Romans 1:7.

ἡ πίστις ὑ. καταγγ. Cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; Philemon 1:5. καταγγ., a weighty word, otherwise used only of the Gospel itself or some element in it (only Acts and Paul, 1 Cor., Phil., Col.). ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ, a not unnatural exaggeration: he is writing from Corinth, the great commercial junction of the Empire.

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