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The Acts of the Apostles Acts 18 – Fightings, Within And Without Sunday – July 8, 2018

Fightings Within And Without Acts 18:1-18

Peloponnese Peninsula

Temple of Apollo with Temple of Aphrodite

Map of Ancient Corinth

Corinth Around 400,000 population. The remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles west of Athens, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Corinth. On mainland Greece, Corinth was the main center of worship of Aphrodite (Roman: Venus) goddess of sexual love and beauty. The immorality was notorious even in the pagan world; so that “to Corinthianize” was proverbial for playing the wanton … 1,000 female slaves being maintained for the service of strangers (Rupprecht 1:961). Hence, arose dangers to the purity of the Corinthian church (1 Corinthians 5-7)

Paul In Corinth On his second missionary journey the Apostle Paul spent 1-1/2 years preaching the Gospel at Corinth (18:11). This included: His labor as a tentmaker and teaching in the local synagogue (18:3-4) His conversion of many Corinthians, including the ruler of the synagogue (18:8) His providential protection by the Lord (18:9-10) His writing two epistles to the church at Thessalonica (context of the two letters)