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Your Identity in Christ
Paul defines believers not by their behavior but by their position. Commentators explain that being "sanctified" and "called to be saints" means you are set apart by God, for God, because of your union with Jesus. This identity is a gift based on God's gracious call, not a status you earn through personal holiness.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
18th Century
Theologian
Introductory Notes Continued from Verse 1... (At the end of the Introduction, see Verse Notes for 1 Corinthians 1:1–2)
V. — DIVI…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
The church of God (τη εκκλησια του θεου). Belonging to God, not to any individual or faction, as this genitive case shows. In [Ref…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
19th Century
Bishop
Church of God.—St. Chrysostom remarks how these opening words are a protest against the party-spirit prevailing at Corinth: “The C…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
19th Century
Preacher
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 b…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
The believers in Corinth are designated as the “church [ekklesia; GK 1711] of God” (cf. also Ac 20:28; 2 Corinthians 1:1), a phrase tha…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
16th Century
Theologian
To the Church of God which is at Corinth. It may perhaps appear strange that he should give the name of a Church of God to a multitude of …
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 1:2
17th Century
Pastor
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth
This epistle is inscribed to the saints at Corinth; who are described by …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 1:1–9
17th Century
Minister
All Christians are by baptism dedicated and devoted to Christ and are under strict obligations to be holy. But in the true church of God are all wh…