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I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. Timothy our brother joins me in writing. We are sending this letter to you, the members of God's church in Corinth. It is also for all of God's people everywhere in Achaia.
Reference
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: Παῦλος (Paûlos)
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Greek: εἰμί (eimí)
I exist (used only when emphatic)
Hebrew: miktâb
a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Hebrew: gêh
this
Hebrew: ʼiggᵉrâʼ
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: εἰμί (eimí)
I exist (used only when emphatic)
Greek: ἀπόστολος (apóstolos)
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: ἔνδικος (éndikos)
in the right, i.e. equitable
Hebrew: tsaddîyq
just
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: ἡμῖν (hēmîn)
to (or for, with, by) us
Greek: ἀδελφός (adelphós)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))
Hebrew: ʼach
{a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Hebrew: miktâb
a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Hebrew: gêh
this
Hebrew: ʼiggᵉrâʼ
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: Κόρινθος (Kórinthos)
Corinthus, a city of Greece
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: Ἀχαΐα (Achaḯa)
Achaia (i.e. Greece), a country of Europe
Holy
Ephesians 1:1
Philippians 1:1
1 Corinthians 6:11
Parallel theme
Acts 16:1
1 Corinthians 16:10
References Jesus
2 Timothy 1:1
Titus 1:1
1 Timothy 1:1
Galatians 1:1
Verse Explanation
Paul introduces himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will and writes to the church in Corinth and believers throughout Achaia, establishing the authority and audience of his letter.
History
c. AD 55–56: Paul writes 2 Corinthians after several difficult interactions with the Corinthian church.