1 Corinthians 1:2-4

1599 Geneva Bible

Footnotes

1. 1 Corinthians 1:2 It is a Church of God, although it hath great faults in it, so that it obey them which admonish it.
2. 1 Corinthians 1:2 A true definition of the Catholic Church, which is one.
3. 1 Corinthians 1:2 The father sanctifieth us, that is to say, separateth us from the wicked, in giving us to his Son, that he may be in us, and we in him.
4. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Whom God of his gracious goodness and mere love hath separated for himself: or whom God hath called to holiness: the first of these two expositions showeth from whence our sanctification cometh, and the second showeth to what end it tendeth.
5. 1 Corinthians 1:2 He is said properly to call on God, who crieth unto the Lord when he is in danger, and craveth help at his hands: and by the figure Synecdoche it is taken for all the service of God: and therefore to call upon Christ’s Name, is to acknowledge and take him for very God.
6. 1 Corinthians 1:3 The foundation and the life of the Church, is Christ Jesus given of the Father.
7. 1 Corinthians 1:4 Going about to condemn many vices, he beginneth with a true commendation of their virtues, lest he might seem after to descend to chiding being moved with malice or envy: yet so, that he referreth all to God as the author of them, and that in Christ. That the Corinthians might be more ashamed to profane and abuse the holy gifts of God.