Paul's Greeting and Thanksgiving for God's Faithfulness
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
1Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,2to the assembly of God sanctified in Christ Jesus, that is in Corinth, to those called as holy ones together with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and ours.3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.4I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,5that you were enriched in him in every word and in all knowledge,6just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,7so that you do not lack in any gift while eagerly expecting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,8who will also confirm you to the end as irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.9God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.