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Corinth is the site of a great ancient Greek city near the narrow isthmus that joins mainland Greece to the Peloponnese, and one of the key places in the ministry of Paul.
Among its ruins you can see the temple of Apollo, the marketplace, and the Bema, the raised stone platform where Paul was brought before the Roman governor Gallio. Nearby is the famous Corinth Canal, cut through the isthmus, and the port of Cenchreae from which Paul once sailed.
In Paul's day Corinth was a wealthy, crowded, and worldly trading city. He lived and worked here as a tentmaker for eighteen months, longer than almost anywhere else, building up one of his most important churches.
Because Paul lived here for a year and a half and later wrote the Corinthians two letters, including the great chapter on love read at weddings the world over.
Its words are known even by those who have never opened a Bible. "Love is patient, love is kind." (1 Corinthians 13:4)
What can you see at Corinth?
You can stand at the Bema where Paul faced his accusers, walk the marketplace where he preached and worked, and see the canal and the harbour. For pilgrims, Corinth is where the letters of Paul stop being distant and become the words of a man who lived and struggled in a real and difficult city.
In southern Greece near the isthmus, about ninety minutes from Athens, usually visited as a day excursion.
The Bema where Paul stood before Gallio, the temple of Apollo, the marketplace, and the nearby Corinth Canal.
Paul lived and worked here for eighteen months and later wrote the Corinthians two of his letters.
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