1-Corinthians - 1:3



3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

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Grace be to you and peace For an exposition of this prayer, let my readers consult the beginning of my Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 1:7;) for I do not willingly burden my readers with repetitions.

Grace be unto you - See the note at Romans 1:7.

Grace be unto you - For a full explanation of all these terms, see the notes on Romans 1:7.

(6) Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
(6) The foundation and the life of the Church is Christ Jesus given from the Father.

Grace be unto you, and peace from God,.... This is an usual salutation in all Paul's epistles; See Gill on Romans 1:7.

peace--peculiarly needed in the Corinthian church, on account of its dissensions. On this verse see on Romans 1:7.

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