"Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus," 1 Corinthians 1:1.
So that's who's writing the letter. And it's from Sosthenes, too. (Don't know much about him other than this honorable mention. But God knows him well, of course. But, then, he's probably the same fellow who got beat up pretty badly in front the of court house in Corinth when a new Roman governor booted everybody out of the court, because he couldn't care less about their religious issues. Yeah. So the plaintiffs took care of business with Sosthenes personally because he was the synagogue manager who should've known better than to let someone like Paul teach that Jesus was the Christ of God, having made a new covenant with Jews and Gentiles, both, through Jesus' crucifixion.) That's who it's from.
When we visit with a brother or sister today, we recognize the story of Jesus didn't come to us cheap. And together we give thanks to God for giving the Word of Christ to us freely.
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