Category: Life of Paul

Some time after Paul wrote his second letter to the believers in Thessalonica, he had a pretty severe conflict arise during his ministry in Corinth. Paul had already alluded to an increase in opposition in his letter (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2) - "Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead [...]

Last time we learned that Paul remained in Corinth for eighteen months, building a church and continuing his ministry. We read, in Acts 18:9-11, "And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no [...]

As we continue looking at the Life of the Apostle Paul, we pick up where we left off in his first letter to the Thessalonians. He spent the first three chapters reminiscing about his time ministering and teaching in Thessalonica only a few months prior to writing this letter. Now we pick up with the [...]

Paul finished his visit to Athens and proceeded on to Corinth. Luke tells us, in Acts 18:1-5, "After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. [...]

As we continue our journey with the apostle Paul, he has just left Berea (and Timothy and Silas) and traveled by sea south along the coast to Athens, accompanied by some of the Berean believers. Paul instructed his Berean companions to take word back to Timothy and Silas to join him as soon as possible [...]