1 Corinthians 1:4

On εὐχαριστῶ κ. τ. λ., and the form of Paul's introductory thanksgivings, see Romans 1:8. ἐπὶ τῇ χάριτι κ. τ. λ. ἐπί (at), of the occasioning cause; cf. 1 Corinthians 13:6; 1 Corinthians 14:16, etc. τ. δοθείσῃ ὑμῖν (aor [70] ptp [71]) “the grace that was given you,” sc. at conversion (see 1 Corinthians 1:6); contrast the pr [72] ptp [73] of continuous bestowment in 1 Corinthians 15:57, and the pf. of abiding result in 2 Corinthians 8:1. For ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, see note on 1 Corinthians 1:2. P. refers not to the general objective gift of grace in Christ (as in Romans 8:32), nor to its eternal bestowment in the thought of God (as in 2 Timothy 1:9), but to its actual conferment at the time when the Cor [74] became God's κλητοὶ ἅγιοι (1 Corinthians 1:2).

[70] aorist tense.

[71] participle

[72] present tense.

[73] participle

[74] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.