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Some time before 2 Corinthians was written, Paul paid the church at Corinth a second visit [33] to check some rising disorder, [34] and wrote them a letter, now lost. [35] The church had also been visited by Apollos, [36] perhaps by Peter, [37] and by some Jewish Christians who brought with them letters of commendation from Jerusalem. [38]
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]
Corinth is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as part of Paul the Apostle's missionary travels. In addition, the second book of Pausanias ' Description of Greece is devoted to Corinth. Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC. [ 1 ]
A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth, also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, [16] or Paul's previous Corinthian letter, [17] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9. [ 18 ] A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter , referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [ 19 ] and 2 ...
Eusebius states that Paul was killed during the Neronian Persecution [198] and, quoting from Dionysius of Corinth, argues that Peter and Paul were martyred "at the same time". [199] This is also reported by Sulpicius Severus , who claimed Peter was crucified while Paul was beheaded. [ 200 ]
Paul describes Apollos' role at Corinth: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. [8] Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names [9] (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, and Jesus Christ ...
1) which was written to this Corinthian audience; a reference which seems to imply written documents available at both Rome and Corinth. 1 Clement also alludes to the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians; and alludes to Paul's epistles to the Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, Titus, 1 Timothy, numerous phrases from the Epistle ...
[8] [9] [10] There are a number of reasons why Corinth is considered most plausible. Paul was about to travel to Jerusalem on writing the letter, which matches Acts [11] where it is reported that Paul stayed for three months in Greece. This probably implies Corinth as it was the location of Paul's greatest missionary success in Greece. [8]