Corinth
kor'-inth (Korinthos, "ornament"): A celebrated city of the
Peloponnesus, capital of Corinthia, which lay North of
Argolis, and with the isthmus joined the peninsula to the
mainland. Corinth had three good harbors (Lechaeum, on the
Corinthian, and Cenchrea and Schoenus on the Saronic Gulf),
and thus commanded the traffic of both the eastern an...
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(A city of Achaia)
-Visited
By Paul
Ac 18; 2Co 12:14; 13:1; with 1Co 16:5-7
And
2Co 1:16
By Apollos
Ac 19:1
By Titus
2Co 8:16,17; 12:18
-By Erastus, a Christian of
Ro 16:23; 2Ti 4:20
-THE CONGREGATION OF
Schism in
1Co 1:12; 3:4
Immortalities in
1Co 5; 11
Writes to Paul
1Co 7:1
Alienation of, from Paul
2Co 10
Abuse of ordinances...
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an ancient and celebrated city of Greece, on the Isthmus of
Corinth, and about 40 miles west of Athens. In consequence of
its geographical position it formed the most direct
communication between the Ionian and AEgean seas. A remarkable
feature was the Acrocorinthus, a vast citadel of rock, which
rises abruptly to the height of 2000 feet above...
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a Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus
to
the mainland of Greece. It is about 48 miles west of
Athens. The
ancient city was destroyed by the Romans (B.C. 146),
and that
mentioned in the New Testament was quite a new city,
having been
rebuilt about a century afterwards and peopled by a
colony of
freedmen from Rome. It ...
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Famed for its commerce, chiefly due to its situation between
the Ionian and AEgean seas, on the isthmus connecting the
Peloponnese with Greece. In Paul's time it was capital of
Achaia, and seat of the Roman proconsul (Acts 18:12). Its
people had the Greek love of philosophical subtleties. The
immorality was notorious even in the pagan world; s...
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which is satisfied; ornament; beauty...
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Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all
that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord, both theirs and ours:...
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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,...
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
Timothy [our] brother, unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:...
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Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum
sick....
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