[a]Unto the Church of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are (A)[b]sanctified in [c]Christ Jesus, (B)Saints by [d]calling, (C)with all that [e]call on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their Lord, and ours:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:2 It is a Church of God, although it hath great faults in it, so that it obey them which admonish it.
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:2 A true definition of the Catholic Church, which is one.
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:2 The father sanctifieth us, that is to say, separateth us from the wicked, in giving us to his Son, that he may be in us, and we in him.
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Whom God of his gracious goodness and mere love hath separated for himself: or whom God hath called to holiness: the first of these two expositions showeth from whence our sanctification cometh, and the second showeth to what end it tendeth.
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:2 He is said properly to call on God, who crieth unto the Lord when he is in danger, and craveth help at his hands: and by the figure Synecdoche it is taken for all the service of God: and therefore to call upon Christ’s Name, is to acknowledge and take him for very God.

To the church of God(A) in Corinth,(B) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(C) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

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