Who wrote the two letters to the Corinthians?

Apostle Paul
Attributed to the apostle Paul and a co-author named Timothy, the letter is addressed to the church in Corinth and Christians in the surrounding province of Achaea, in modern Greece.

Who wrote 1 and 2 Corinthians?

The letter is attributed to the apostle Paul and a co-author named Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in Corinth.

How many letters did Paul write to the Corinthians?

Paul wrote at least four different letters to the church in Corinth, three of which are included in the New Testament. In what is now called 1 Corinthians, there is a reference to an earlier letter in which instruction was given as to what type of behavior should not be tolerated in a Christian church.

Why did Paul write letters to the Corinthians?

There is a general consensus among scholars that 1 Corinthians was written by the important early Christian missionary Paul of Tarsus. Paul's letters to the Christians in Corinth address his concern over a pressing issue: the rampant immorality associated with paganism in Corinth.

What main issues does 1 Corinthians address?

First Corinthians deals with the great issues of marriage, divorce, celibacy, diet, idolatry, personal Christian freedom, worship, spiritual gifts, church order, and issues of resurrection and the age to come.

What is the first letter of 2 Corinthians?

More than any of his other letters, 2 Corinthians shows us Paul's heart as a pastor. This letter is actually Paul's fourth letter to the church in Corinth. Paul mentions his first letter in 1 Corinthians 5:9. His second letter is 1 Corinthians.

Where was Paul when he wrote 2 Corinthians?

About 55-56 AD, about a year after 1 Corinthians. Paul wrote to the church he had founded in Corinth and to the house churches in Achaia. Paul was in Macedonia when he wrote 2 Corinthians, in response to the good news from Titus that the church had repented and longed to see Paul again.

Who was the author of the first letter to the Corinthians?

The letter says that the apostle Paul and "our brother Sosthenes" wrote it to "the church of God which is at Corinth" 1 Cor.1:1-2, although the scholarly consensus claims that Sosthenes was the amanuensis who wrote the text of the letter on Paul's instructions.

This letter is actually Paul's fourth letter to the church in Corinth. Paul mentions his first letter in 1 Corinthians 5:9. His second letter is 1 Corinthians. Three times in 2 Corinthians Paul refers to a third and painful letter: "For I wrote to you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears…"