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“So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.” – Acts 18:11 Today, I’ll continue our inside look at Paul’s journey to Corinth. The city was home to the famous temple of Apollo, the sun god. Corinth was vibrant in Paul’s day—and remains a bustling, modern city by the water even now. In ancient times, its scale was astonishing: about 700,000 people lived there, making it one of the largest cities of the era. Only Rome was bigger, with around a million inhabitants, so Corinth truly rivaled the great cities of the world. Corinth’s immense wealth—fueled by its bustling ports and the temple’s influence—created an environment where dreams could be realized, much like the opportunities found in the modern United States. However, this prosperity also fostered a notorious reputation for immorality. Ancient writers compared Corinth’s excesses to a place ten times wilder