Knowing Christ Crucified (1 Cor. 2:1–5)
Corinth was a prominent Graeco-Roman city in the Peloponnesus region, southeast of Rome. Paul spent 18 months there on his second missionary journey. Due to its geographic region, the city had a high profile and a booming population. It was economically prosperous, famous for its bronze, shrines, Olympic games, and especially its philosophers. It was…