1 Corinthians 1:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) May you experience unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) be to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. American Standard Version (1901) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Common English Bible Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
All of you there in Rome [i.e., the church there] are also among such obedient believers. You are called Jesus Christ’s [people], loved by God and called to be His holy people. May you have unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I always thank God for you, [especially] for God’s unearned favor that was given to you [in providing salvation and blessings] in Christ Jesus.
May [God’s] unearned favor be yours, [along with] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
May you have unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
These people have been [specially] selected, and [their acceptance was] pre-planned by God the Father, and they were set apart through [the work of] the Holy Spirit. This resulted in their obedience and sprinkling [Note: This is a figurative reference to the Old Testament practice of cleansing, See Exodus 24:7-8] by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God’s unearned favor and peace be continually upon you.