2 Corinthians 1:1-2
What is written? (ESV)
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
What does it say?
Paul and Timothy address the church in Corinth, along with all the saints in greater Achaia, with the greeting of grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. Later in the letter he describes receiving Titus’s encouraging report about their response (7:5-16).
How 2 Corinthians 1:1-2 is applied across Bible answers
What is Christ’s church called?
Paul refers to the Corinthian church as the church of God.
Extra Context for this Application:
He makes the same reference in 1 Corinthians (1:2 and several more times in the letter).
