1. CORINTHIAN BACKGROUND
1.1. Corinth was an ancient city of Greece, situated on the Isthmus of Corinth
1.1.1. Corinth enjoyed great prosperity in classical Greek times. It enjoyed a reputation for luxury and its name became proverbial for sexual laxity
1.1.1.1. It was a centre of the worship of Aphrodite, whose temple crowned the Acrocorinthus.
1.1.1.1.1. Corinth survived many crises in Greek history, but suffered disaster in 146 B.C but was re-founded in 44 B.C. by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony
2. THE RISING ISSUES
2.1. In Corinth, some members of the local Jewish community charged Paul before Lucius Junius Gallio, the proconsul of Achaia, with propagating an illegal religion
2.1.1. The abuse of the spiritual gifts:
2.1.1.1. In the spring of A.D. 52 he left Corinth with his friends Priscilla and Aquila, and crossed the Aegean to Ephesus
2.1.1.1.1. Apollos [a visiting Jew] came to the Ephesian synagogue, and like Paul, he taught that the scriptures had been fulfilled by Jesus
3. RESPONSES
3.1. Gallio quickly decided that there was nothing in this charge which called for action
3.1.1. there is no God but one”, it followed that “an idol has no real existence” (1 Corinthians 8:4), and that therefore food was neither better nor worse for coming from an animal which had been sacrificed in a pagan temple.
3.1.1.1. He was baptized by Ananias
3.1.1.1.1. The evidence of Acts corroborates Paul's claims to have seen the the risen Christ and that he heard Him speak