The change in Athenian foreign policy, which was consequent upon the ostracism of Cimon in 461, led to what is sometimes called the First Peloponnesian War, in which the brunt of the fighting fell upon Corinth and Aegina.

After Christians in Ephesus first wrote to their counterparts recommending Apollos to them, he went to Achaia where Paul names him as an apostle ( 1 Cor 4: 6, 9-13 ) Given that Paul only saw himself as an apostle ' untimely born ' ( 1 Cor 15: 8 ) it is certain that Apollos became an apostle in the regular way ( as a witness to the risen Lord and commissioned by Jesus-1 Cor 15: 5-9 ; 1 Cor 9: 1 ).< ref > So the Alexandrian recension ; the text in < sup > 38 </ sup > and Codex Bezae indicate that Apollos went to Corinth.

Corinth ( Greek Κόρινθος, Kórinthos ) () is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Located about southwest of Athens, Corinth is surrounded by the coastal townlets of ( clockwise ) Lechaio, Isthmia, Kechries, and the inland townlets of Examilia and the archaeological site and village of ancient Corinth.

Geophysically the city is likewise surrounded by the narrow coastal plain of Vocha, Corinthian Gulf, Corinth Canal, the Isthmus of Corinth, Saronic Gulf, Oneia Mountains, and the monolithic rock of Acrocorinth, where the medieval acropolis was built.

Corinth is the second largest city in the region of the Peloponnese.

Corinth is a major industrial hub at a national level.

Corinth is a major road hub.

Corinth is the main entry point to the Peloponnesian peninsula, the southernmost area of continental Greece.

There is a ferry line ( RORO ) connecting Corinth to Italy.

The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the western Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea, is about 4 km east of the city, cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland, thus effectively making the former an island.

The Corinthian order is named for the Greek city-state of Corinth, to which it was connected in the period.

There are a number of reasons Corinth is most plausible.

In, a man is excommunicated by the church at Corinth for sexual immorality ( incest ).

Paul and " Sosthenes our brother " wrote this epistle to " the church of God which is at Corinth ", in Greece.

This statement, in turn, is clearly reminiscent of Paul's Second Missionary Journey, when Paul travelled from Corinth to Ephesus, before going to Jerusalem for Pentecost ( cf.

Titus and a brother whose name is not given were probably the bearers of the letter to the church at Corinth ( 2 Corinthians 2: 13 ; 8: 6, 16 – 18 ).

Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, it is generally not considered an island.

The city is twinned with Corinth ( Greece ).

With Beauregard's help, Johnston decided to concentrate forces with those formerly under Polk and now already under Beauregard's command at the strategically located railroad crossroads of Corinth, Mississippi, which he reached by a circuitous route.

The word acropolis literally in Greek means " city on the extremity " and though associated primarily with the Greek cities Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Corinth ( with its Acrocorinth ), may be applied generically to all such citadels, including Rome, Jerusalem, Celtic Bratislava, many in Asia Minor, or even Castle Rock in Edinburgh.

Alaric then crossed the Gulf of Corinth and marched with the plunder of Greece northward to Epirus.

Megara deserted the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League and allied herself with Athens, allowing construction of a double line of walls across the Isthmus of Corinth and protecting Athens from attack from that quarter.

At a later period, Paul's epistles place him with Paul and Saint Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by Paul to Corinth, Greece for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there on behalf of the poor Christians at Jerusalem sent forward.

He rejoined Paul when he was in Macedon, and cheered him with the tidings he brought from Corinth.

Jerome states that Apollos was so dissatisfied with the division at Corinth, that he retired to Crete with Zenas, a doctor of the law ; and that the schism having been healed by Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Apollos returned to the city, and became its bishop.

Most New Testament scholars believe Paul of Tarsus wrote this letter from Corinth, although information appended to this work in many early manuscripts ( e. g., Codices Alexandrinus, Mosquensis, and Angelicus ) state that Paul wrote it in Athens after Timothy had returned from Macedonia with news of the state of the church in Thessalonica (; ).

He was then dispatched to Corinth, Greece, where he successfully reconciled the Christian community there with Paul, its founder.

The Corinth Canal crosses the Isthmus of Corinth, connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf ; and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Piraeus by 325 km.

In the letter, Paul commands church brethren, " Do not forbid to speak in tongues " ( 1 Cor 14: 39 ), while warning them that " all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner " He further expresses his wishes that those to whom he wrote " all spoke with tongues " ( 1 Cor 14: 5 ) and claims himself to speak with tongues more than any in the church at Corinth (" I thank God I speak with tongues more than you all " 1 Cor 14: 18 ).

Disgruntled with his opportunities in Etruria ( he had been prohibited from obtaining political office in Tarquinii because of the ethnicity of his father, Demaratus the Corinthian, who came from the Greek city of Corinth ), he migrated to Rome with his wife Tanaquil, at her suggestion.

Labyrinth is a word of pre-Greek ( Minoan ) origin absorbed by Classical Greek and is perhaps related to the Lydian labrys (" double-edged axe ", a symbol of royal power, which fits with the theory that the labyrinth was originally the royal Minoan palace on Crete and meant " palace of the double-axe "), with-inthos meaning " place " ( as in Corinth ).

Megara then fought a war of independence with Corinth, and afterwards founded ( c. 667 BC ) Byzantium, as well as Chalcedon ( 685 BC ).

A rebellion that originated in Moldavia as a diversion was followed by the main revolution in the Peloponnese, which, along with the northern part of the Gulf of Corinth, became the first parts of the Ottoman empire to achieve independence ( in 1829 ).

" From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas ( like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, Rome ) than in the countryside ( in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban ), and soon the word for " country dweller " became synonymous with someone who was " not a Christian ," giving rise to the modern meaning of " pagan.

In 459 BC, Athens took advantage of a war between its neighbors Megara and Corinth, both Spartan allies, to conclude an alliance with Megara, giving the Athenians a critical foothold on the Isthmus of Corinth.

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