Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. 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. 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 4.
We have here the apostle's preface to his whole epistle, in which we may take notice, I. Of the inscription, in which, according to the custom of writing letters then, the name of the person by whom it was written and the persons to whom it was written are both inserted. 1.
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Grace be unto you, and peace from God,.... This is an usual salutation in all Paul's epistles; See Gill on Rom 1:7. . 1 Corinthians 1:4 co1 1:4 co1 1:4 co1 1:4I thank my God always on your behalf,.... Now follows a thanksgiving for various blessings bestowed upon this church, which is a proof of the apostle's great affection for it, and how much its welfare lay at his heart.