Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 1:2

"unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:" — 1 Corinthians 1:2 (ASV)

To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,

Called to sacred uses, set apart to God. That is the call of all believers; they are like those vessels of the sanctuary which were not to be used by anyone but the priests of God, and by them only for God's service.

With all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: (1 Corinthians 1:2).

That is a very happy phrase, "both theirs and ours." There are multitudes of saints whose faces we never saw, yet Christ is theirs; there are some with whom we might not agree in all particulars, yet Christ is theirs just as much as he is ours. All Christ is theirs, and all Christ is ours, and here is the grand bond of union between believers of different nationalities and different tongues.

To 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:

The epistles were written to distinct churches, but they have a bearing upon all Christians; therefore the apostle says, With all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Let us thank God no Scripture is of private interpretation; every promise belongs to all the seed. If you are a believer, you may freely apply to yourselves whatever was said in the past to any individual believer, or to any congregation of believers.