Acts 18:1 Meaning and Explanation
“After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul leaves Athens and travels on to Corinth, the bustling commercial city of southern Greece, where his next long season of ministry will unfold.
What Does Acts 18:1 Mean?
Paul has just left Athens, where his sermon before the Areopagus won a few believers along with mockery and polite delay. Now he travels on alone, since Silas and Timothy are still in Macedonia, some fifty miles west to Corinth, a wealthy port set on the narrow isthmus between two seas, famous for trade and infamous for immorality.
Corinth looked like unpromising soil, a city of sailors, merchants, and vice. Yet God was sending His servant to the very place where grace would shine the brightest. One of Paul's longest stays and some of his dearest fellow workers belong to this city. When the Lord moves us on, He often sees a harvest where we see only hardness; as He will soon tell Paul, He has much people there already.
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What does Acts 18:1 mean?
Paul leaves Athens and travels on to Corinth, the bustling commercial city of southern Greece, where his next long season of ministry will unfold.