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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

1 Corinthians 1:3

1 Corinthians 1:3. Grace onto you and peace. What in the Old Testament is called ‘mercy,' is in the New Testament expressed by the richer and more comprehensive term ‘grace,' that Divine affection whence flows all salvation to Adam's fallen family (Ephesians 2:10). The first result of this, when it enters any soul, is ‘peace.' And here both these are solicited for the Corinthian converts, from God our Father as the primal Fountain, and the Lord Jesus as the mediatorial Channel of these precious rifts; and by coupling both Persons in one and the same invocation, their equality in the Godhead is brightly confirmed.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Corinthians 1:3. _GRACE_ BE _UNTO YOU_] For a full explanation of all these terms, Romans 1:7....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GRACE BE UNTO YOU ... - See the note at Romans 1:7....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GRACE. App-184. See Romans 1:7. PEACE. This has no reference to their divisions, as the same salutation is given in all Paul's epistles except those to Timothy and Titus. FROM. App-104. LORD. App-9...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and_from _the Lord Jesus Christ_ The close association of these words for the preposition is not repeated twice has been held to imply the oneness o...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἈΠῸ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΠΑΤΡῸΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂. The close association of these words—for the preposition is not repeated twice—has been held to imply the oneness of substance of the Father and the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1 Corinthians 1:1-9. SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодать, незаслуженная и безвозмездная помощь кому-л., кто этой помощи недостоин (TLNT). Здесь это помощь в каждодневной жизни (Romans 5:15). ΕΙΡΉΝΗ (G1515) мир. Евр. (0לום), которое...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. PEACE - peculiarly needed in the Corinthian church ()....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GRACE _BE_ UNTO YOU, AND PEACE] St. Paul's invariable greeting to the Churches. GRACE is the favour of God, and PEACE the result of the enjoyment of that favour....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE. — This is the usual style of apostolic greeting (Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 1:2), and with these words the address and greeting which open the Epistle conclude....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ κ. τ. λ.: Paul's customary greeting; see note on Romans 1:7. “The occurrence of the peculiar phrase ‘grace and peace' in Paul, John, and Peter intimates that we have her...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Words of Encouragement Paul used a Christian approach to the typical greetings in letters of that day. He wanted them to experience all of God's unmerited favor, or grace. Notice, Paul says that grace...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (6) Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ. (6) The foundation and the life of the Church is Christ Jesus given from the Father....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “Grace and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!” This prayer is the Christian paraphrase of two salutations, the Greek (χαίρειν, Acts 23:26) and the Hebrew (“Peace...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._Grace be to you and peace _For an exposition of this prayer, let my readers consult the beginning of my Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 1:7;) for I do not willingly burden my reader...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE FROM GOD,.... This is an usual salutation in all Paul's epistles; Romans 1:7....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Grace _be_ unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and _from_ the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 3. _Grace be to you and peace_] All peace that flows not from the sense of God's love and favour, is as tha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Grace be unto you_, &c. See on Romans 1:7. _I thank my God always_ Whenever I mention you to God in prayer, or on every occasion; _on your behalf_ On your account; _for the grace of God which is give...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    GRACE-PEACE; this is a prayer for spiritual blessings, and is addressed equally to God the Father and the Son....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING. The salutation of the letter:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GRACE BE UNTO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. On account of the special conditions obtaining in Corinth at the time of his writing, Paul finds it necessary to empha...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This is the common salutation in all Paul's Epistles, only in one or two _mercy_ is also added. _Grace_ signifies free love. _Peace_ signifies either a reconciliation with God, or brotherly love and u...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [See note at 1 Thessalonians 1:1]...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book V which the apostle prescribes for those to whom he writes, but "grace and peace."[197] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V Now, when he announces these blessings as ...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace G5485 you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' ‘Grace' and ‘peace' were the two terms used in greetings in Paul's world, the former by Gentiles the latter by Jews. But Paul,...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    Identical language of 2 Thessalonians 1:2 save absence of ημων (our), Paul's usual greeting. See on 1 Thessalonians 1:1....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    GIVE YOU GRACE AND PEACE. See note on Romans 1:7. This is Paul's "word of blessing....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:3 GRACE... AND PEACE. See note on Rom. 1:7. ⇐...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2; Romans 1:7...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Grace - peace. Grace is the Greek salutation, peace the Jewish. Both in the spiritual sense. Compare Numbers 6:25; Numbers 6:26. This form of salutation is common to all Paul's epistles to the churche...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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