² To the church of God in Corinth [^Can important city in southern Greece; Paul started the church on his second missionary journey, around ad 52; Acts 18], to you who have been ·made holy [sanctified; dedicated/set apart to God] in Christ Jesus. You were called to be ·God’s holy people [^Tsaints] with all people everywhere who pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—·their Lord and ours [^Ltheirs and ours]:

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

Paul Gives Thanks to God

⁴ I always thank my God for you because of the ·grace [gift; favor] God has given you in Christ Jesus. ⁵ I thank God because in Christ you have been ·made rich [enriched] in every way, in all your ·speaking [or spiritual gifts of speaking] and in all your ·knowledge [or gifts of spiritual knowledge]. ⁶ Just as our ·witness [testimony; message] about Christ has been ·guaranteed to [or confirmed among] you, ⁷ so you ·have every [^Ldo not lack any] ·gift from God [spiritual gift; ^Lgift] while you wait for the ·return [^Lrevelation] of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ ·Jesus [^L…who] will keep you strong until the end so that ·there will be no wrong in you [you will be blameless/faultless] on the day ·our Lord Jesus Christ comes again [^Lof our Lord Jesus Christ; ^Cthe final day of judgment, known in the OT as “the Day of the Lord”]. ⁹ God, who has called you into ·fellowship [partnership; relationship] with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.