Corinth
A place in the Bible
A port city in Greece, very large and very rich in St. Paul’s time.
What happened here
- St. Paul: he came to Corinth from Athens. He lived and worked with Aquila and Priscilla, who made tents, as he did.
- Silas and Timothy: they came from Macedonia to Corinth, and Paul gave himself even more to proclaiming that Jesus was the Messiah.
- The letters: Paul wrote two letters to the Church of God in Corinth. In the first he speaks about love.
Today
The ruins of ancient Corinth remain, in Greece.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 18:1-3; Acts 18:5; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 13:1
What the Bible says
Acts 18:1-3
1After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth. 2And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome,) he came to them. 3And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)
Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews, that Jesus is the Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place of theirs and ours.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Corinth”; Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), “Corinth”