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3 results- Study1 Corinthians: the Study GuideChrist crucified (the wisdom and power of God) answering a divided, gifted, immature church: the report Paul heard (chs 1–6), the questions the Corinthians asked (chs 7–16, 'now concerning'), and…
- Study2 Corinthians: the Study GuidePaul's most autobiographically exposed letter: comfort carried through affliction, glory outshining Moses' veil, the grace of giving, and power made perfect in weakness.
- StudyPaul and the PoetsPaul's pagan-poet quotations (three occasions, four lines: Epimenides quoted twice (Acts 17:28a; Titus 1:12), Aratus at Mars Hill (Acts 17:28b), Menander in Corinth (1 Cor 15:33)) the kretizein…
Verses
7 results- VerseActs 18:1After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
- Verse2 Timothy 4:20Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- VerseActs 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Verse2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
- Verse2 Corinthians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
People
5 results- PersonErastusThe city treasurer of Corinth who sent greetings in Romans (16:23) — possibly the official named in a Corinthian pavement inscription.
- PersonGallioProconsul of Achaia and brother of the philosopher Seneca; he threw Paul's accusers out of his court at Corinth as a matter for their own law. The Delphi inscription dates his…
- PersonTitusPaul's true child after the common faith (Titus 1:4) — the uncircumcised Greek test-case of Galatians 2:3, the trusted envoy whose report from Corinth comforted Paul (2 Cor…
- PersonApollosEloquent, Alexandrian-trained teacher mighty in the Scriptures (Acts 18:24-28), instructed more perfectly by Priscilla and Aquila; his name became a Corinthian factional banner…
- PersonStephanasHead of a Corinthian household called the firstfruits of Achaia, baptized by Paul himself; part of the delegation that brought the Corinthians' news to Ephesus (1 Cor 1:16…
Places
2 resultsWords (Strong's)
4 results- WordG2882 Κόρινθος · Kórinthos (Greek)Corinthus, a city of Greece. The Greek word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordG2881 Κορίνθιος · Korínthios (Greek)a Corinthian, i.e. inhabitant of Corinth. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG2747 Κεγχρεαί · Kenchreaí (Greek)Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG2921 Κρίσπος · Kríspos (Greek)"crisp". The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
Themes
7 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
Topics
1 resultApologetics
2 results- ApologeticsThe Erastus Inscription at CorinthA limestone paving block still lying in the square beside the theatre at Corinth reads ERASTVS PRO AEDILIT[AT]E S P STRAVIT — "Erastus laid this pavement at his own expense in…
- ApologeticsHistorical Reliability of the Book of ActsLuke names the right official by the right title in city after city — politarchs at Thessalonica, proconsul at Corinth, Asiarchs at Ephesus, protos on Malta — and inscriptions…