1 Corinthians 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, κλητοῖς ἁγίοις, σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, αὐτῶν τε καὶ ἡμῶν:

Transliteration

To the ekklēsia of Theou the ousē in Korinthō, to hēgiasmenois in Christō Iēsou, klētois hagiois, with all the epikaloumenois the onoma of the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou in every topō, of them both and of us:

Grammar Details

• *ekklēsia*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - assembly/church
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *ousē*: participle, present, active, dative, feminine, singular - being/existing
• *Korinthō*: dative, masculine, singular - in Corinth
• *hēgiasmenois*: participle, perfect, passive, dative, masculine, plural - having been sanctified
• *Christō Iēsou*: dative, masculine, singular - in Christ Jesus
• *klētois*: adjective, dative, masculine, plural - called/appointed
• *hagiois*: adjective, dative, masculine, plural - holy ones/saints
• *epikaloumenois*: participle, present, middle, dative, masculine, plural - calling upon
• *onoma*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *Kyriou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus Christ
• *topō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - place/location

Word Meanings

• *ekklēsia*: assembly/church/congregation
• *ousē*: being/existing
• *hēgiasmenois*: sanctified/consecrated/made holy
• *klētois*: called/appointed/invited
• *hagiois*: holy ones/saints/consecrated ones
• *epikaloumenois*: calling upon/invoking/appealing to

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:1 : 1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
• Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
• Acts 9:21 : 21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
• Acts 15:9 : 9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
• Gen 4:26 : 26 And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
• Gen 12:8 : 8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
• Gen 13:4-9 : 4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord. 5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents; 6 So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together. 7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land. 8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers. 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left. 10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar. 11 So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another. 12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
• Ps 45:11 : 11 So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
• John 17:17-19 : 17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word. 18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
• Acts 7:59-60 : 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
• Acts 18:8-9 : 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism. 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: 10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town. 11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Rom 3:22 : 22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
• Rom 10:12 : 12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
• Rom 14:8-9 : 8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's. 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men, 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
• 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
• Gal 1:2 : 2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
• Eph 5:26 : 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; 10 So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, 11 And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
• 2 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
• Heb 2:11 : 11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
• Heb 10:10 : 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.
• Heb 13:12 : 12 For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.