Corinth in the Bible

Meaning: which is satisfied; ornament; beauty

Thematic Bible



And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here, for they have made up for your absence. They have cheered my heart, and yours too. You should appreciate such men.


For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you.


to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated by union with Christ Jesus, and called as God's people, like all those anywhere who call on the name of Jesus Christ, their Lord as well as ours;


Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.

This will be my third visit to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

I will come to you after passing through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia, and I will probably stay some time with you, or even pass the winter, so that you may start me off for wherever I may be going. For I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord permits it.


Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, and all God's people all over Greece;

to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated by union with Christ Jesus, and called as God's people, like all those anywhere who call on the name of Jesus Christ, their Lord as well as ours;

This farewell I, Paul, add in my own hand. A curse upon anyone who has no love for the Lord. Lord, come quickly! The blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you! read more.
My love be with you all through Christ Jesus.

For what I am writing to you is only what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will understand it fully,


Thank God, he puts the same devotion to you that I feel into Titus' heart, for he has responded to my appeal, but he goes to you really of his own accord, he is so devoted to you.

I asked Titus to go and I sent his brother with him. Did Titus make anything out of you? Did not he and I act in the same spirit, and take the very same steps?


My host, Gaius, the host of the whole church, wishes to be remembered to you. Erastus, the city-treasurer, and our brother Quartus wish to be remembered to you.

Erastus stayed in Corinth. I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.


Now if what we preach about Christ is that he was raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?


Have you no houses to eat and drink in? Or do you mean to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate those who have none? What can I say to you? Can I approve of you? Not in this matter certainly.


What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

For when one man says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another, "I am a follower of Apollos," are you not simply human?



I was going to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then to come back to you from Macedonia and have you see me off for Judea.


As to the matters of which you wrote me, it is an excellent thing for a man to remain unmarried.


It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the interior, reached Ephesus. Finding some disciples there,





But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household, and many of the people of Corinth heard Paul and believed and were baptized.

I am thankful that I never baptized any of you except Crispus and Gaius,


And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here, for they have made up for your absence.


So he moved to the house of a devout proselyte named Titius Justus, which was next door to the synagogue.


After this he left Athens and went to Corinth. 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, and as they practiced the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers.


My host, Gaius, the host of the whole church, wishes to be remembered to you. Erastus, the city-treasurer, and our brother Quartus wish to be remembered to you.


Now I urge you, brothers??ou know that the family of Stephanas was the first to be converted in Greece, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of God's people??16 I want you to enlist under such leaders, and under anyone who joins with you and works hard.

And I did baptize the members of the household of Stephanas too; I do not know whether I baptized anyone else besides.

And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here, for they have made up for your absence.