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## 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/1) Paul, called *to be* an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes *our* brother,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/2) 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:
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/3) Grace *be* unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and *from* the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/4) I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
 
 [5 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/5) That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and *in* all knowledge;
 
 [6 ](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/6) Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
 
[Romans 16](/kjv/romans/16) [1 Corinthians 2](/kjv/1-corinthians/2)

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