Founding the Corinthian Church

18 After this, he^[a] left Athens and went to Corinth,^(A)

Twelve Disciples of John the Baptist

19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples^(A)

Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,^(A) and Timothy^(B) our^[a] brother:

To God’s church at Corinth,^(C) with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.^(D)

²³ I call on God as a witness,^(A) on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.^(B)

²⁰ Erastus^(A) has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus^(B) sick at Miletus.^(C)