“Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,”
The inscription of the Epistle, wherein he chiefly goeth about to procure the good will of the Corinthians towards him, yet notwithstanding so, that always he letteth them to wit, that he is the servant of God, and not of men. If he be an Apostle, then he must be heard, although he sometimes reprehend them sharply, seeing he hath not his own cause in hand, but is a messenger that bringeth the commandments of Christ. He joineth Sosthenes with himself, that this doctrine might be confirmed by two witnesses.