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Sosthenes (our brother)

소스데네 (형제)

Named at 1 Corinthians 1:1–2 with Paul: “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth …” The Korean Revised Version calls him 형제 소스데네 (brother Sosthenes).

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1CO 1:1–3, engwebp
¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
²to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue at Acts 18:17 and “our brother Sosthenes” at 1 Corinthians 1:1

Acts 18:16 says of Gallio, “So he drove them from the judgment seat.” Acts 18:17 says, “Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.” The Korean Revised Version reads 모든 사람 (all the people) for “all the Greeks”.
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- ACT 18:12–17, engwebp
  ¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
  ¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
  ¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
  ¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
  ¹⁶So he drove them from the judgment seat.
  ¹⁷Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
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1 Corinthians 1:1 says, “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,” and 1:2 goes on, “to the assembly of God which is at Corinth”.
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- 1CO 1:1–3, engwebp
  ¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
  ²to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
  ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 18:17 names Sosthenes as the ruler of the synagogue, beaten before the judgment seat; 1 Corinthians 1:1–2 names “our brother Sosthenes” with Paul, and those written to as “the assembly of God which is at Corinth”. Neither passage says whether the two are one man. This collection records two entries, and does not decide it.

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Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

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Entry: Sosthenes (our brother) (person-sosthenes-brother)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Corinthians 1:1–2 with Paul: “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth …” The Korean Revised Version calls him 형제 소스데네 (brother Sosthenes).
Cited evidence: 1CO 1:1–3, engwebp
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