Paul, called, &c.— Paul, a called Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, 1 Corinthians 1:2. Unto, &c.—to them that have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, in every place both theirs and ours. There is great proprietyin every clause of the salutation prefixed to this Epistle, and particularly in St. Paul's asserting his high call to the office of an apostle, as there were those in the church of Corinth who affected to question the authority of his mission. See on Romans 1:1. Sosthenes was a Corinthian minister who attended St. Paul in his travels; compare Acts 18:17. It was both humility and prudence in the Apostle thus to join his name with his own, in an Epistle in which it was necessary to deal so plainly with them, and to remonstrate against so many irregularities. See Locke, Doddridge, and Calmet.
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1 Corinthians 1:1-2
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: