1 Corinthians 1:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs 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 who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:1 : 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• Acts 9:14 : 14 Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."
• Acts 9:21 : 21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
• Acts 15:9 : 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
• Gen 4:26 : 26 There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
• Gen 12:8 : 8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
• Gen 13:4-9 : 4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh. 5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together. 7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land. 8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives. 9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left." 10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. 11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
• Ps 45:11 : 11 So the king will desire your beauty, Honor him, for he is your lord.
• John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• Acts 7:59-60 : 59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit!" 60 He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 18:8-9 : 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized. 9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city." 11 He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
• Rom 3:22 : 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
• Rom 14:8-9 : 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
• 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
• Gal 1:2 : 2 and all the brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:
• Eph 5:26 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
• 2 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly 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 loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Heb 2:11 : 11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."},
• Heb 10:10 : 10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Heb 13:12 : 12 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; 16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
• Rev 19:16 : 16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."