Thematic Bible: Corinth


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. Verse ConceptsArguingTelling Of People's Situations



This will be my third visit to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses. Verse ConceptsThree WitnessesWitnesses, LegalTwo Or ThreeActing Three TimesWitnessing

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; Verse ConceptsChristiansApostles, DescriptionApostles, Basis Of AuthorityLettersAll Believers Are SaintsLetters To Local ChurchesWhat God's Will IsChurch Of God


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, Verse ConceptsLiteracyWriting LettersMaking The Message ClearReading Other Matter

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? Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfThose Who Deceived

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. Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfTreasurerChamberlains

Erastus stayed in Corinth. I left Trophimus sick at Miletus. Verse ConceptsdiseasesHealingSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfSick Individuals

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? Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadPreaching ChristAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Rise

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. Verse ConceptsSacrilegeLiving In HousesShaming PeopleEating And DrinkingNot Helping The PoorThe Church UniversalAlcoholic BeveragesChurch Of GodGoing To Churchcommunion

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!" Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristPeter, The ApostleApollosBelieving In ChristBuilding RelationshipsConfidence And Self Esteemchristianityculturebelonginggroupsassertivenessfollowing

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

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. Verse ConceptsPeople Sending People


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

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. Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered ByBaptism, Features Ofevangelism, kinds ofFamilies, Examples OfBaptism, practice ofMission, Of The ChurchOrdinancesSynagogueReligious AwakeningsChristian BaptismThose Who Believed In ChristBaptism

I am thankful that I never baptized any of you except Crispus and Gaius, Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofChristian BaptismWe Thank GodBaptism

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

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

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. Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfTreasurerChamberlains

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. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfHousesMinistry, Qualifications ForServants, Working Conditions OfUnselfishnessMetaphorical FirstfruitsServing GroupsServiceFirst fruitsBeing Devoted to God

And I did baptize the members of the household of Stephanas too; I do not know whether I baptized anyone else besides. Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofChristian BaptismBaptizing Infants

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