Paul Plants the Church at Corinth

After Athens, Paul rolls into Corinth — a Roman colony notorious for sketchy moral life and a thousand temples. He meets Aquila and Priscilla, a Jewish couple just kicked out of Rome by Claudius's edict, and works with them as a tentmaker while preaching. Synagogue Jews push back hard so Paul shakes the dust off and starts teaching Gentiles next door. Crispus, the synagogue ruler, gets saved with his whole household. Then Jesus shows up in a night vision: 'Don't be scared. Keep talking. I have lots of people in this city.' Paul stays 18 months. Eventually the Jews drag him before Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia, demanding judgment — but Gallio refuses to rule on religious disputes, setting a legal precedent that protects the church across the empire. Later, Paul writes 1 and 2 Corinthians back to this church to fix their many problems.

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