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Fortunatus was a disciple from Corinth, of Roman birth or origin, as his name indicates, who visited Paul at Ephesus, most probably with contributions; [2] and returned, along with Stephanus and Achaicus, in charge of that apostle's first Epistle to the Corinthian Church.
Despite the attributed title "1 Corinthians", this letter was not the first written by Paul to the church in Corinth, only the first canonical letter. 1 Corinthians is the second known letter of four from Paul to the church in Corinth, as evidenced by Paul's mention of his previous letter in 1 Corinthians 5:9. [26]
Paul expected that Christians who had died in the meantime would be resurrected to share in God's kingdom, and he believed that the saved would be transformed, assuming heavenly, imperishable bodies. [328] Paul's teaching about the end of the world is expressed most clearly in his first and second letters to the Christian community of Thessalonica.
Corinth (British English: / ˈ k ɒr ɪ n θ / KORR-inth, American English: / ˈ k ɔːr ɪ n θ /; Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Due to its ancient history and the presence of St. Paul the Apostle in Corinth, several locations all over the world have been named after the city. United States [ edit ]
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,' [5] The "upper coasts" (wording of the King James Version) or "upper regions" (New King James Version), are thought to have been inland areas to the east of Ephesus.
Gaius is referred to in a final greeting portion of the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:23) as Paul's "host" and also host of the whole church, in whatever city Paul is writing from at the time. In all likelihood, this was Corinth. Lastly, Gaius of Ephesus to whom the third Epistle of John is addressed . [1]
In the fall of 55 or 56 CE, Paul, as he himself departed from Asia, sent Titus from Ephesus to Corinth, with full commission to remedy the fallout precipitated by Timothy's delivery of 1 Corinthians [6] and Paul's "Painful Visit", [7] particularly a significant personal offense and challenge to Paul's authority by one unnamed individual. [8]