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Some time before 2 Corinthians was written, Paul paid the church at Corinth a second visit [32] to check some rising disorder, [33] and wrote them a letter, now lost. [34] The church had also been visited by Apollos, [35] perhaps by Peter, [36] and by some Jewish Christians who brought with them letters of commendation from Jerusalem. [37]
Corinth (/ ˈ k ɒr ɪ n θ / KORR-inth; Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Kórinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος Qórinthos; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth, also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, [15] or Paul's previous Corinthian letter, [16] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9. [17] A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter, referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [18] and 2 Corinthians ...
Eusebius states that Paul was killed during the Neronian Persecution [200] and, quoting from Dionysius of Corinth, argues that Peter and Paul were martyred "at the same time". [201] This is also reported by Sulpicius Severus , who claimed Peter was crucified while Paul was beheaded. [ 202 ]
Timothy was with Paul in Corinth during the winter of 57–58 when Paul dispatched his Letter to the Romans. [22] According to Acts 20:3–6, [23] Timothy was with Paul in Macedonia just before Passover in 58; he left the city before Paul, going ahead of him to await Paul in Troas. [24] "
[8] [9] [10] There are a number of reasons why Corinth is considered most plausible. Paul was about to travel to Jerusalem on writing the letter, which matches Acts [11] where it is reported that Paul stayed for three months in Greece. This probably implies Corinth as it was the location of Paul's greatest missionary success in Greece. [8]
Paul visits the Corinthian church a second time, as he indicated he would in 1 Corinthians 16:6. Probably during his last year in Ephesus. 2 Corinthians 2:1 calls this a "painful visit". Paul writes the "letter of tears". Paul writes 2 Corinthians, indicating his desire to visit the Corinthian church a third time (2 Cor 12:14, 2 Cor 13:1).
In the fall of 55 or 56 CE, Paul, as he himself departed from Asia, sent Titus from Ephesus to Corinth, with full commission to remedy the fallout precipitated by Timothy's delivery of 1 Corinthians [6] and Paul's "Painful Visit", [7] particularly a significant personal offense and challenge to Paul's authority by one unnamed individual. [8]