Category:Paul in Corinth (event)

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Paul in Corinth refers to an episode in the life of Paul of Tarsus and the early Church during Paul's Second Missionary Journey, as narrated in the Acts of Apostles (18:1-21).

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Overview

According to Acts of Apostles, Paul visited Corinth for the first time during his Second Missionary Journey. Arriving from Athens, Paul was hosted by Aquila & Priscilla, a couple of Jews from Rome and tentmakers" like Paul. In Corinth Paul was soon reunited to Silas and Timothy, whom he had left behind in Macedonia. As usual, Paul visited first the local synagogue until he established a community in the house of a certain Titius Justus, a God-fearer. Paul remained in Corinth 18 months until the growing tension with the "Jews" forced him to leave. In his way back to the Land of Israel, Paul stopped briefly in Ephesus. He reached Caesarea Maritima and from there Jerusalem, before returning to Antioch.

There is evidence that Paul visited Corinth again during his Third Missionary Journey. The Christian tradition has preserved two letters written by Paul to the Corinthians (see 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians).

Paul in Corinth in ancient sources

Acts of Apostles

Acts 18:1-21 (NRSV); see Paul's Second Missionary Journey -- [18.1] After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together--by trade they were tentmakers. 4 Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. 6 When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." 7 Then he left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized. 9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people." 11 He stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal. 13 They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law." 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of crime or serious villainy, I would be justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews; 15 but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I do not wish to be a judge of these matters." 16 And he dismissed them from the tribunal. 17 Then all of them seized Sosthenes, the official of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of these things. 18 After staying there for a considerable time, Paul said farewell to the believers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, for he was under a vow. 19 When they reached Ephesus, he left them there, but first he himself went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay longer, he declined; 21 but on taking leave of them, he said, "I will return to you, if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

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