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Greetings and Thanksgiving

Chapter 1

Address to a Church.[a] Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Sosthenes[b] our brother, to the Church of God in Corinth,[c] to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord as well as ours.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:1 From the outset Paul emphasizes his calling as an apostle, because if throughout the Letter he teaches, reproaches, and corrects, he does so in the name of the mission he has received from Christ. See note on Mk 6:30.
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:1 Sosthenes: perhaps the same person as in Acts 18:17.
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Church of God in Corinth: see note on 2 Cor 1:1.