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Paul's conversion fundamentally changed his basic beliefs regarding God's covenant and the inclusion of Gentiles into this covenant. Paul believed Jesus' death was a voluntary sacrifice, that reconciled sinners with God. [304] The law only reveals the extent of people's enslavement to the power of sin—a power that must be broken by Christ. [305]
Some time before 2 Corinthians was written, Paul paid the church at Corinth a second visit [32] to check some rising disorder, [33] and wrote them a letter, now lost. [34] The church had also been visited by Apollos, [35] perhaps by Peter, [36] and by some Jewish Christians who brought with them letters of commendation from Jerusalem. [37]
Gaius of Ephesus 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]
This probably implies Corinth as it was the location of Paul's greatest missionary success in Greece. [8] Additionally, Phoebe was a deacon of the church in Cenchreae , a port to the east of Corinth, and would have been able to convey the letter to Rome after passing through Corinth and taking a ship from Corinth's west port. [ 8 ]
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 ]
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.
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Papyrus 124 contains a fragment of 2 Corinthians (6th century AD). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians [a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author named Timothy, and is addressed to the church in Corinth and Christians in the surrounding province of Achaea, in modern-day Greece. [3]