1 Corinthians 1:1-8

Greeting

1 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth,[a] called [to be] saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord][b] and ours.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving for the Corinthian Believers

4 I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
5 that[c] in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,
6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed in you,
7 so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift [as you][d] eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Some manuscripts have "to the church of God that is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus"
  • [b]. *Here "Lord" must be supplied to indicate the referent; otherwise this could be understood as "their place and ours"
  • [c]. *Or "because"; the conjunction either (1) introduces a content clause ("that") giving the content of Paul's thanks, or (2) introduces a causal clause ("because") giving the reason for Paul's thanks
  • [d]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("eagerly await") which is understood as temporal
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