CHAP. 1.-VER. 1. ΠΑΥΛΟΣ, κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφὸς,

• Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, band Sosthenes our brother.

a See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clauses 1. 3. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgAnd Gallio cared for none of those things, Acts. xviii. 17. VER. 2.

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Τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κοι ρίνθῳ, ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, κλητοῖς ἁγίοις, σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ αὐτῶν τε καὶ ἡμῶν·

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Unto a the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified e in Christ Jesus, d called to be saints, e with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ four Lord, both their's and our's:

a And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord, with all his house and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized. Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them, Acts xviii. 8-11. For the same form of expression, see

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