Greeting

1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for God’s good news.

Greeting

1 From Paul, called by God’s will to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and from Sosthenes our brother.

Greeting

1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Timothy our brother.

To God’s church that is in Corinth, along with all of God’s people throughout Achaia.

Greeting

1 From Paul, an apostle who is not sent from human authority or commissioned through human agency, but sent through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead;

⁷ although we could have thrown our weight around as Christ’s apostles. Instead, we were gentle with you like a nursing mother caring for her own children.