1 Corinthians 1:3 (DRB)

Passage

Grace to you and peace, from God our father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes a brother,

1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and ours.

1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace to you and peace, from God our father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus:

1 Corinthians 1:5 That in all things you are made rich in him, in all utterance and in all knowledge;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "father", "lord", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "To the church of God that is..." into verse 4's "I give thanks to my God always...", so "grace" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.