Ancient Corinth
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Oct 29, 2026
Sim LoboHOST
For by the occupation, they were tent makers.
Sim LoboHOST
Paul has just come to Corinth.
Sim LoboHOST
He meets a man named Aquila and his wife Priscilla.
Sim LoboHOST
They made tents.
Mike FabarezHOST
Your problems will still be there when you dust yourself off and get out of your sand therapy.
Mike FabarezHOST
So all of that looking at what the world has to offer when you're not feeling good reminded me that this series at the beginning of 2 Corinthians is probably going to be more helpful than I even imagined because...
Mike FabarezHOST
Whatever the world's got to offer when you're down and discouraged is nothing compared to what God offers us in the first 11 verses of 2 Corinthians 1.
Mike FabarezHOST
Today, I wanna get started with the first three verses.
Mike FabarezHOST
That's all we'll get through.
Mike FabarezHOST
And there is a great problem that we are all vulnerable to in this sin-laden world is that we're going to feel bad.
Mike FabarezHOST
So even before we read the first three verses, can you look down to verse number eight in this passage? And see that Paul himself, the author of this letter, confesses this.
Mike FabarezHOST
2 Corinthians 1, verse 8.
SteveHOST
Hey everybody, it's Steve here with some comments on 1 Corinthians chapter 1.
SteveHOST
We are starting the second letter of Paul that's recorded in the New Testament from the book of Romans up to the book of Philemon.
SteveHOST
All of those were letters written by Paul either to churches or to individuals and 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians were letters written to the church in Corinth, a city called Corinth.
SteveHOST
We read in Acts 18 that Paul spent 18 months there where this church was planted.
SteveHOST
But this church got pretty puffed up.
SteveHOST
And as a result, they had lots of problems.
SteveHOST
So 1 Corinthians, the whole book, is mainly about solving problems that existed in the church, which gives us some very helpful advice.
SteveHOST
And the starting point in chapter 1 is Paul is letting them know that God's wisdom... was to choose the lowly things of the world to shame the wise.
speaker_4NARRATOR
When he entered the city, he found public affairs full of confusion and dissension, and the private affairs of Aegeus and his household in a distressing condition.
speaker_4NARRATOR
For Medea, who had fled thither from Corinth, and promised by her sorceries to relieve Aegeus of his childlessness, was living with him.
speaker_4NARRATOR
She learned about Theseus in advance, and since Aegeus was ignorant of him, and was well on in years and afraid of everything because of the faction in the city, she persuaded him to entertain Theseus as a stranger guest, and take him off by poison.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Theseus accordingly, on coming to the banquet, thought best not to tell in advance who he was, but wishing to give his father a clue to the discovery, when the meats were served, he drew his sword, as if minded to carve with this, and brought it to the notice of his father.
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speaker_4NARRATOR
But some say that the Isthmian games were instituted in memory of Sciron, and that Theseus thus made expiation for his murder, because of the relationship between them.
speaker_4NARRATOR
For Sciron was a son of Canathus and Hanioke, who was the daughter of Pythias, and others have it that Sinus, not Sciron, was their son, and that it was in his honor rather that the games were instituted by Theseus.
speaker_4NARRATOR
However that may be, Theseus made a formal agreement with the Corinthians that they should furnish Athenian visitors to the Isthmian games with a place of honor as large as could be covered by the sail of the state galley which brought them thither, when it was stretched to its full extent.
speaker_4NARRATOR
So Hellenicus and Andron of Halicarnassus tell us.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Let's dive in.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Week 8, Day 1, Corinth.
speaker_0NARRATOR
In this study, we have been focusing on how being with Jesus empowers us to live differently.
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When we walk with Him every day, He gains access to our minds, hearts, and souls and begins to transform us so we become like Him.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Read Acts chapter 18 verses 1 through 28.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Acts chapter 18, verses 1 through 28.
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After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
speaker_1NARRATOR
There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome.
Patrick GarnerHOST
So, adventure-seeking Jason, announcing he had come for the fleece, was the last man he wanted to see.
Patrick GarnerHOST
Aeates once ruled in Corinth.
Patrick GarnerHOST
He left.
Patrick GarnerHOST
Why? Ancient sources say he simply disliked the place.
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Patrick GarnerHOST
Her hands are bloody from killing her brother, and she fears for her future.
Patrick GarnerHOST
Although Circe grants her request, Medea, as we'll see, does not escape tragedy.
Patrick GarnerHOST
The pair leave for Corinth, where King Creon welcomes them.
Patrick GarnerHOST
Time passes, and Jason and Medea have two young sons.
Boris YuHOST
How willing are we to live lives that are wildly different? into the truth of the gospel.
Boris YuHOST
Like, sure, we're not living in ancient Corinth.
Boris YuHOST
There's no temple to Aphrodite at the top of the hill.
Boris YuHOST
But I'd say we have the internet.
speaker_0HOST
[upbeat music] Welcome to episode three hundred and eighty-two of the Truth Quest Podcast, The Truth About First Corinthians.
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First Corinthians is the first of two letters by the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
speaker_0HOST
The key theme of the letter is Paul is trying to straighten things out with the church, which has grown divided due to the arrogance of some of the more powerful members.
speaker_0HOST
It's described by the ESV Study Bible as a, quote, "Pastoral letter to a spiritually troubled church." Years earlier, in the early 50s, Paul, Aquila, and Priscilla founded the church while spending 18 months in Corinth.
speaker_0HOST
After, Paul settled in Ephesus for three years and at some point wrote a letter to the Corinthians unknown to us, but mentioned by Paul in the First Book of Corinthians in chapter five, verse nine.
speaker_0HOST
It dealt with sexual immorality, which was a persistent problem with the Corinthian church given the environment, a Roman colony where most people worshiped multiple gods.
speaker_0HOST
Apparently, the Corinthians wrote back and, as Paul mentions in multiple places, expressed considerable theological confusion about marriage, divorce, participation in pagan religions, and even the resurrection of Jesus, thus the need for a more substantial letter, now known as First Corinthians.
Alex GendlerNARRATOR
Yet one of their most famous punishments is not remembered for its outrageous cruelty, but for its disturbing familiarity.
Alex GendlerNARRATOR
Sisyphus was the first king of Ephyra, now known as Corinth.
Alex GendlerNARRATOR
Although a clever ruler who made his city prosperous, he was also a devious tyrant who seduced his niece and killed visitors to show off his power.
Alex GendlerNARRATOR
This violation of the sacred hospitality tradition greatly angered the gods.
Troy MunnsHOST
The man, Apollos, he met Priscilla and Aquila, and then he went to the church of Corinth, and he preached the gospel and encouraged the believers there.
Troy MunnsHOST
So can I encourage you to get into the book of 1 Corinthians as we're doing this week and all throughout this term in both church and in our gospel teams, and to kind of get your head around the backstory, to go home and read Acts 18 if you haven't already, to see the relationship between Paul and the Corinthian church.
Troy MunnsHOST
And then as we read it together in church, it will come more alive for you.
Troy MunnsHOST
So we're up to week two of our series today.
Troy MunnsHOST
In 1 Corinthians, so cast your mind back to what we saw last week.
Troy MunnsHOST
The first part of chapter 1.
Troy MunnsHOST
The big thing that Paul was banging on about there was just the immense blessings that the Corinthians, that we have in Christ.
Troy MunnsHOST
So scan your eyes over verses 1 to 9 just for a moment.
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