Corinth is a sea port of Greece and the disciples living there in the first century were subject to many pressures, and these are reflected in Paul’s letters to them. Being a port, the vices of mankind were most apparent there and the city was also full of idolatry. Furthermore, the Greeks, who were the leaders in human learning at that time, considered their knowledge and wisdom superior to that of any other people, and they rejected the gospel as “foolishness”. The Corinthian disciples had many problems for the apostle to solve and many questions for him to answer, and most of his two letters consist of his solutions and answers.
Corinth is a sea port of Greece and the disciples living there in the first century were subject to many pressures, and these are reflected in Paul’s letters to them. Being a port, the vices of mankind were most apparent there and the city was also full of idolatry. Furthermore, the Greeks, who were the leaders in human learning at that time, considered their knowledge and wisdom superior to that of any other people, and they rejected the gospel as “foolishness”. The Corinthian disciples had many problems for the apostle to solve and many questions for him to answer, and most of his two letters consist of his solutions and answers.