First and Second Corinthians

Paul’s ministry does not end with the book of Romans; the Apostle would take us on to the full revelation of the mystery, which beforetime had been kept secret—the church of God, the body of Christ (Rom. 16:25-27; Col. 1:23-29).
Sadly, Paul’s writings are by and large neglected, and, worse still, dismissed as irrelevant for the present day. Rationalism destroys the truth by reasoning, reducing everything to a philosophy without moral force. Ritualism displaces the truth with ceremony.
Corinth was a most licentious city. Sitting between two natural harbors and connecting continental Greece in the north and Peloponnesus to the south, Corinth bustled with commerce—not unlike the world in which we live today.
The assembly there had many problems. Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians looks at the internal order of the church of God. The character of the second is very different. With Titus’ positive report from Corinth (2 Cor. 7), Paul opens his heart and speaks with greater liberty.