Paul wrote a letter to the church at Corinth (which is in Greece) probably around 54AD or 55AD, 20 years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. His letter was written from Ephesus before the time of Pentecost.1

We know Paul is the author because it is stated twice with the letter, both in 1 Cor 1:1 and 1 Cor 16:21. However, it is probably not the first letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian church. In chapter 5 verse 9 he refers to a letter he has previously written. We do not have a copy of this letter.

Paul first went to Corinth, the chief city of Achaia, on his second missionary journey. Corinth was situated on an isthmus, much like Auckland, between the northern and the southern part of Greece making it a major port on the Mediterranean trade route. It was under Roman rule and was a melting pot of ethnicity including Greek, Romans and Jews. It was to the Jews that Paul first started preaching.2 In Corinth he stayed with a Jewish couple, Aquila and Priscilla who had......

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Title: 1 Corinthians Overview
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