Corinth

Acts

The City That Couldn't Stay the Same

Corinth is where Apollos currently is, providing the geographic context that explains why Paul — not Apollos — is the one encountering these incomplete disciples in Ephesus.

1 Corinthians

The Church That Couldn't Stop Fighting

Corinth is the cosmopolitan Roman city where the church divisions are happening — its culture of competing philosophies and status-seeking has seeped directly into the congregation Paul founded.

1 Corinthians

The Wisdom Nobody Saw Coming

Corinth is the destination of this letter, a status-obsessed Greek city whose cultural values of eloquence and influence had infected the local congregation.

1 Corinthians

You're Building on Something — Make Sure It Lasts

Corinth is the site of this divided congregation, a city whose competitive, status-obsessed culture had seeped into the Christian community Paul founded there.

1 Corinthians

The Problem Nobody Wanted to Talk About

Corinth is the source of the disturbing reports reaching Paul — his church plant there has become the site of unchecked sexual immorality, division, and spiritual arrogance.

1 Corinthians

Freedom Has a Limit

Corinth is established here as the site of the problem — a cosmopolitan city whose believers enjoyed real spiritual freedom but were dangerously close to driving it off a cliff.

1 Corinthians

You Need Every Part

Corinth is the city whose church community is at the center of this letter — a congregation with real internal tensions over spiritual gifts that Paul is now directly confronting.

1 Corinthians

When Nobody Understands What You're Saying

Corinth is the specific church community whose chaotic worship services prompted this corrective letter, making their local dysfunction the occasion for Paul's broader teaching on spiritual gifts.

1 Corinthians

Death Lost

Corinth is the destination of this letter, a city whose church had been wrestling with division and doctrinal confusion — now the site of a dangerous theological drift: some members rejecting bodily resurrection entirely.

2 Corinthians

The God Who Shows Up in the Wreckage

Corinth is the troubled congregation Paul is writing to — a church that has questioned his authority and experienced real fractures, setting up the deeply personal tone of everything that follows.

2 Corinthians

The Letter He Wrote Through Tears

Corinth is the troubled community Paul is writing to — a church he planted that had experienced painful conflict, and toward which he is now extending emotional transparency.

2 Corinthians

The Letter That Changed Everything

Corinth is the destination of Paul's hard corrective letter — the church there had received it and was now responding in ways that would either vindicate or devastate Paul's decision to send it.

2 Corinthians

The Generosity That Changes Everything

Corinth is the recipient of this letter and the target audience for Paul's appeal, identified here as the community that needs to be inspired rather than pressured into giving.

2 Corinthians

The War You Can't See

Corinth is the site of the conflict — a city where self-appointed leaders have moved in, undermined Paul's credibility, and unsettled the church he planted.

2 Corinthians

The Résumé Nobody Wants

Corinth is the city where Paul invested years of ministry, making the congregation's drift toward false teachers especially painful — this is his own spiritual family being deceived.

2 Corinthians

The Final Warning and the Final Blessing

Corinth is the destination of this letter and Paul's imminent third visit — a church he planted that became the site of painful conflict, and toward which he now writes with both warning and deep pastoral care.

Romans

The People Behind the Letter

Corinth is the city from which Paul almost certainly wrote Romans, making it the departure point from which Phoebe would have carried this scroll on the long journey to Rome.

1 Corinthians

Servants, Not Celebrities

Corinth is where this celebrity-leader culture is festering — a cosmopolitan city whose competitive, status-obsessed culture had seeped directly into the church.

1 Corinthians

Your Body Isn't Just Yours

Corinth is the city where this troubled congregation is located — a major cosmopolitan Greek city whose culture of litigation and sexual permissiveness was bleeding into the church.

1 Corinthians

When Being Right Isn't Enough

Corinth is the Roman city where this meat debate is playing out — a cosmopolitan commercial hub where pagan temples and idol sacrifices were woven into everyday social and market life.

1 Corinthians

The Only Thing That Lasts

Corinth is the destination of this letter, a church Paul founded in a wealthy, status-obsessed Greek city whose cultural values of competition and prestige had infected the congregation.

1 Corinthians

Last Words Before He Signs Off

Corinth is the home of the church receiving this letter — a congregation Paul planted and has spent the entire epistle wrestling with, now receiving his closing words.

2 Corinthians

The Letter Written on Your Heart

Corinth is the church community whose transformed lives Paul will cite as his only necessary letter of recommendation, making the city's believers central to his defense.

2 Corinthians

Cracked Jars and Eternal Weight

Corinth is the destination of this letter, a major Greek city where Paul established a congregation that is now wrestling with internal confusion and susceptibility to false teaching.

2 Corinthians

The Christ-Shaped Résumé

Corinth is the city where Paul had planted this congregation, and whose members are now questioning his legitimacy in favor of more polished, credential-bearing competitors.

2 Corinthians

The Joy of Letting Go

Corinth is the city whose believers had pledged to contribute to the Jerusalem relief fund; Paul has been publicly boasting about their generosity and now needs them to make good on that commitment.

2 Corinthians

When Weakness Becomes the Point

Corinth is the destination of this letter and the community Paul planted — the church whose wavering loyalty has compelled him to mount this uncomfortable defense of his ministry.