After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
Parallel translations
- WEB After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
- KJV After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
- NKJV After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
- NASB After these events Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
- NLT Then Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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Quick answer
Paul moved on from Athens to Corinth, a major commercial city where he would have an extended and fruitful ministry.
Overview
Corinth was a wealthy, cosmopolitan, and morally notorious port city, a strategic center for spreading the gospel. Paul's eighteen-month stay here (v. 11) became one of his most significant missions, later addressed in 1 and 2 Corinthians. The move shows God planting the church in the hardest of places, where grace would prove more powerful than entrenched sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- 2 Tim 4:20Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- 2 Cor 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
- Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Acts 17:15Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
- Acts 17:32–33When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
- 2 Cor 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
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