1 Corinthians 1:1-3
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul was called and appointed by God’s will to the position in Christ and the role in His body for His glory. So he writes, along with a coworker in Christ, to the church at Corinth. He addresses those who are in Christ’s righteousness and therefore saints (holy because they are in Him, not for earning the title by doing good and having men call them saints). He includes all as saints who call on Jesus’s Christ as Lord, all reborn and saved in Him alone, not just those directly spoken to in this letter. So he begins with God’s peace and grace already theirs in Jesus, reminding and encouraging these of His call and their election as God’s people.
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