Paul Visits Corinth
                                                                 Acts 18:1-17

Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.  Silas and Timothy finally arrived to join him there.

Paul was preaching to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ, but they did not believe him, and they
began to abuse him and treat him badly.  After a time he told them if they didn't want to accept
 his teaching, then he would go and teach the Gentiles.  These were the non-Jewish people of
Corinth.  That's what he did.  He preached the good news to the Gentiles and many of them
 believed and were baptized.

One night he had a vision, and the Lord spoke to him.  He told him to stay in Corinth and
 continue preaching there.  Paul would be able to convert a lot of people in the city.  He stayed
 there for a year and a half.

Corinth was a very wicked city and the people were immoral, but those with receptive hearts
turned from their wicked ways and became the kind of people God intended for them to be.

If you visit Corinth today you will see the ruins of some of the ancient buildings there.  In the
 museum you can see pottery and statues that have been recovered.

Memory Verse:
And what does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly
with your God.
                                                                           Micah 6:8 NIV