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• Established church in Corinth

• Worked as tentmaker with Aquila & Priscilla (Acts 18:1-4).

• Spoke of the flesh as a “tent” (II Cor. 4:16-5:4).

Shop In Ancient Corinth

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• 4th largest city of ancient world - 400,000

• Brought to ruins in 146 B.C.

• Julius Caesar rebuilt it and placed a military colony there.

Ancient Corinthian Fountain

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Paul & CorinthPaul & Corinth• Capital of Achaia• Roman proconsul

was there.• Hosted numerous

pagan temples• Significant Jewish

population (Acts 18:4-8; 14).

Ruins of Ancient Corinth

• Apollo Temple - already in ruins in 1st century.

• Given to idols (I Cor. 12:1-3).

• Tongues & Idolatry (I Cor. 14:23-24).

Ancient Temple of Apollo

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• Meats & Idolatry (I Cor. 10:25-28).

• “Flee Idolatry” (I Cor 10:14; 8:1-4)

Marketplace of Ancient Corinth

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• Temple of Venus - 1000 harlots.

• Sexual immorality = “To Corinthize”

• Paul’s rebuke (I Cor. 5:1,2; 9-11).

The Acrocorinth

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• Located on a main Isthmus of Greece

• Site of regular athletic games.

• Paul’s references to the “race” of faith (I Cor 9:24-27)

The Corinth Canal

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• The Beating of Sosthenes (Acts 18:12-17; I Cor. 1:1).

• The Judgement-Seat of Christ (II Cor. 5:9-11).

Judgement-Seat of Ancient Corinth

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