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Corinth in the Bible

Meaning: which is satisfied; ornament; beauty

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2 Cor 1:1
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2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, - unto the assembly of God which is in Corinth, together with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

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Verse ConceptsChristiansApostles, DescriptionApostles, Basis Of AuthorityLettersAll Believers Are SaintsLetters To Local ChurchesWhat God's Will IsChurch Of God
2 Cor 1:16
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2 Corinthians 1:16

And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

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Verse ConceptsPeople Sending People
2 Cor 1:23
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2 Corinthians 1:23

But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul, - that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:

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Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God
2 Cor 1:24
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2 Corinthians 1:24

For we do not have [the right to] rule over your faith [i.e., to dictate concerning your personal relationship with God], but we want to work with you for your happiness. For you are [already] standing firm in your faith. [Note: This whole narrative alludes to some unresolved problems still existing there in Corinth].

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Verse ConceptsStabilityStanding FirmLording ItWorking TogetherRespecting Authority
2 Cor 6:11
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2 Corinthians 6:11

I have kept nothing back from you, men of Corinth; I have opened my heart to you.

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Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingRenewed HeartEnlargementSpiritual ProgressPlainnessCommunication In MarriageLove For The Church
2 Cor 7:8
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2 Corinthians 7:8

For even though I caused you sorrow by my letter [Note: Paul's writing of I Corinthians to correct abuses at Corinth apparently produced sorrow for their wrongdoing], I do not regret it, though I did regret it. [For] I see that my letter hurt you, though only for a short time.

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Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divineA Short TimeShort Time For ActionRegrettingHurtSeasons Changinggrievinghurting
2 Cor 8:5
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2 Corinthians 8:5

and in this they out-did my expectation; such was the divine pleasure, they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then made me an offer to go themselves to Corinth.

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Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfPersonal ConsecrationBeing FirstdiligenceDiligence, Examples OfSelf DenialLack Of ExpectationGiving Without Expecting ReturnPutting God Firstexpectations
2 Cor 8:17
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2 Corinthians 8:17

For he not only accepted our urging, but being very diligent himself, he went to you of his own accord [i.e. Titus had wanted to go to Corinth even before being urged to].

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Verse ConceptsPeople Willing
2 Cor 9:2
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2 Corinthians 9:2

For I know how eager you [already] are, and I have boasted about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia [Note: This was the southernmost province of Greece, where Corinth was located] has been prepared [to give] since last year. And your enthusiasm has stirred up most of them [to give also].

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Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmAttitudes, to other peopleReadinessProvokingFervourZealousness, Examples OfPaul's BoastingPeople Willing
2 Cor 10:13
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2 Corinthians 10:13

But we will not boast beyond our proper boundaries [Note: This may mean that Paul was not attempting to exercise apostolic authority outside the parameters assigned to him by God], but will restrict our boasting to the area assigned to us by God as a field of service, which includes you people [there in Corinth].

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Verse ConceptsPaul's BoastingBoastinglimitationsmeasurement
2 Cor 10:14
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2 Corinthians 10:14

For I am not overstepping the limits of my authority, as though I reached you not; since I have already come even as far as Corinth to proclaim the gospel of Christ.

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Verse ConceptsStretching OutFirst Among The GentilesMaking Mistakes
2 Cor 11:5
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2 Corinthians 11:5

For I consider myself not to be one bit inferior to those "super apostles." [Note: Paul is referring to his opponents there in Corinth who claimed apostolic authority].

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Verse ConceptsFalse Teachers, Examples OfRelative GreatnessFalse Apostles
2 Cor 11:10
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2 Corinthians 11:10

As sure as the truth of Christ is in my heart, no one will stop me from boasting about this [arrangement] throughout the regions of Achaia. [Note: This was the province where Corinth was located].

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Verse ConceptsThe Truth Of The GospelPaul's BoastingBoasting
2 Cor 11:12
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2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I am doing, I will continue to do, so that I can cut off the opportunity from those who want an occasion [to receive financial support for themselves because of my example of receiving it]. They want to boast [that they are preaching] on the same terms as I do. [Note: Paul's argument seems to be that one reason for his foregoing financial support was so those "super apostles" in Corinth (see verse 5) would not be able to use his example to wrongfully exact financial support from the church].

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Verse ConceptsUnceasingAlways Being ActivePersistencerecognition
2 Cor 11:21
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2 Corinthians 11:21

I am ashamed to say that we were [too] weak to do such things. [Note: Paul is probably saying, sarcastically, "We are too 'weak' to take financial advantage of people and mistreat them the way those 'super apostles' there in Corinth were doing"]. Yet, in whatever [matters] anyone [there] dares to boast about, (now I am really speaking foolishly), I will dare to boast also.

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Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleBeing Strongassertiveness
2 Cor 11:22
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2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they [i.e., Paul's opponents there in Corinth] Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

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Verse ConceptsChildren Of Abrahamcats
2 Cor 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish [i.e., by my boasting], but you made me do it [i.e., in order to vindicate myself]. For I should have been commended by you [i.e., for my effective ministry there in Corinth], because I was not inferior in any way to those "super apostles" [See 11:5], even though I am nothing.

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Verse ConceptsCommendationApostles, IdentficationFalse Teachers, Examples OfFoolish PeopleRelative GreatnessFalse ApostlesOutward CompulsionPraising Specific PeopleI Am Unimportant
2 Cor 13:3
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2 Corinthians 13:3

since you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me. Christ is not weak in His dealing with you, but is powerful among you. [Note: Paul probably refers to the positive effects of his ministry there in Corinth].

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Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofPower Through GodProofsSpeaking As From God

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1 Corinthians 16:17-18
I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence. They refresh my spirit as they do your own. You should appreciate men like that.


1 Corinthians 1:11
For Chloe's people inform me that you are quarrelling.


1 Corinthians 1:2
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:


2 Corinthians 12:14
Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children.

2 Corinthians 13:1
This will be my third visit to you: every case is to be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

1 Corinthians 16:5-7
I mean to visit you after my tour in Macedonia, for I am going to make a tour through Macedonia. The chances are, I shall spend some time with you, possibly even pass the winter with you, so that you may speed me forward on any journey that lies before me. I do not care about seeing you at this moment merely in the by-going; my hope is to stay among you for some time, with the Lord's permission.


2 Corinthians 1:1
PAUL an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and brother Timotheus, to the church of God at Corinth as well as to all the saints throughout the whole of Achaia:

1 Corinthians 1:2
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:

1 Corinthians 16:21-24
I Paul write this salutation with my own hand. 'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. read more.
My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.' [Amen.]

2 Corinthians 1:13
You don't have to read between the lines of my letters; you can understand them. Yes, I trust you will understand the full meaning of my letters


2 Corinthians 8:16-17
Thanks be to God who has inspired Titus with an interest in you equal to my own; he has indeed responded to my request, but he is off to you by his own choice, so keen is his interest in you.

2 Corinthians 12:18
I asked Titus to go, and with him I sent our brother. Titus did not make anything out of you, did he? And did not I act in the same spirit as he did? Did I not take the very same steps?


Romans 16:23
Gaius, my host and the host of the church at large salutes you. Erastus the city-treasurer salutes you; so does brother Quartus.

2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus stayed on at Corinth: I left Trophimus ill at Miletus.


1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if we preach that Christ rose from the dead, how can certain individuals among you assert that 'there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead'?


1 Corinthians 11:22
What! have you no houses to eat and drink in? Do you think you can show disrespect to the church of God and put the poor to shame? What can I say to you? Commend you? Not for this.


1 Corinthians 1:12
By 'quarrelling' I mean that each of you has his party-cry, "I belong to Paul," "And I to Apollos," "And I to Cephas," "And I to Christ."

1 Corinthians 3:4
When one cries, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," what are you but men of the world?



2 Corinthians 1:16
I intended to take you on my way to Macedonia, and to visit you again on my way back from Macedonia, so as to be sped by you on my journey to Judaea.


1 Corinthians 7:1
Now about the questions in your letter. It is an excellent thing for a man to have no intercourse with a woman;


Acts 19:1
It was when Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples,





Acts 18:8
But Crispus the president of the synagogue believed in the Lord, as did all his household, and many of the Corinthians listened, believed, and were baptized.

1 Corinthians 1:14
I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,


1 Corinthians 16:17
I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.


Acts 18:7
Then he removed to the house of a devout proselyte called Titus Justus, which adjoined the synagogue.


Acts 18:1-3
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he came across a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, as Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul accosted them, and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)


Romans 16:23
Gaius, my host and the host of the church at large salutes you. Erastus the city-treasurer salutes you; so does brother Quartus.


1 Corinthians 16:15
I ask this favour of you, my brothers. The household of Stephanas, you know, was the first to be reaped in Achaia, and they have laid themselves out to serve the saints.

1 Corinthians 1:16
(Well, I did baptize the household of Stephanas, but no one else, as far as I remember.)

1 Corinthians 16:17
I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.


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