I Corinthians

The apostle Paul is accepted by most theologians as being the author

of the Epistle to the Corinthians. He may have written the epistle as

early as 54 AD. Paul wrote the epistle near the end of his three year

stay in Ephesus. He was departing for Macedonia. Paul

had stayed at Corinth for a year and a half. (Acts 18:11)

I Corinthians 16:8 “But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.”

Act 20:31 “Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of

three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.”

I Corinthians 16:5 “Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass

through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.”

Four letters to the Corinthians are mentioned in scripture: the first has

been lost. The second letter is actually I Corinthians. The third letter

was also lost and the fourth is II Corinthians.

I Corinthians 5:9-11 “I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company

with fornicators: (10) Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this

world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then

must ye needs go out of the world. (11) But now I have written unto

you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a

fornicator, or covetous, an idolater, or a railer, or drunkard, or an

an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”

I Corinthians 7:1 “ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote

unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

These verses from I Corinthians refer to a previous epistle.

Corinth was a prosperous city; land routes and sea routes met in

Corinth thus building a thriving metropolis. Corinth was the capital

of Achaia, a Roman province. Corinth was noted for being a vile

wicked city; sin was commonplace, a ritual of worship. The goddess of love, Aphrodite, was worshiped and prostitutes were used as part

of the worship. This type of behavior was not only accepted but was

encouraged. Corinth was a city of ill-repute; its inhabitants were

thought to have been immoral wicked people. the leaders of Corinth

were long-winded in their pseudo-intelligent defense of their worship

and morality.