1 Corinthians 1:3

Grace be vnto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Basic English Bible

Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
- Darby Bible

Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Webster's Bible

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Weymouth Bible

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- World English Bible

grace to you and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.
- Wycliffe Bible

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 1:3

1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle - There is great propriety in every clause of the salutation, particularly in this, as there were some in the church of Corinth who called the authority of his mission in question. Through the will of God - Called the commandment of God, #1Tim 1:1 This was to| the churches the ground of his authority; to Paul himself, of an humble and ready mind. By the mention of God, the authority of man is excluded, #Gal 1:1|; by the mention of the will of God, the merit of Paul, #1Cor 15:8|, &c. And Sosthenes - A Corinthian, St. Paul's companion in travel. It was both humility and prudence in the apostle, thus to join his name with his own, in an epistle wherein he was to reprove so many irregularities. Sosthenes the brother - Probably this word is emphatical; as if he had said, Who, from a Jewish opposer of the gospel, became a faithful brother.

1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth - St. Paul, writing in a familiar manner to the Corinthians, as also to the Thessalonians and Galatians, uses this plain appellation. To the other churches he uses a more solemn address. Sanctified through Jesus Christ - And so undoubtedly they were in general, notwithstanding some exceptions. Called - Of Jesus Christ, #Rom 1:6| And - As the fruit of that calling made holy. With all that in every place - Nothing could better suit that catholic love which St. Paul labours to promote in this epistle, than such a declaration of his good wishes for every true Christian upon earth. Call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - This plainly implies that all Christians pray to Christ, as well as to the Father through him.

1:4 Always - Whenever I mention you to God in prayer.

1:5 In all utterance and knowledge - Of divine things. These gifts the Corinthians particularly admired. Therefore this congratulation naturally tended to soften their spirits, and I make way for the reproofs which follow.