An Outline of Paul's Dealings with the Corinthians Church

In a helpful section of his commentary, Frederick Danker provided an outline of Paul's dealings with the Corinthians,[1] pieced together from a close examination of 1-2 Corinthians and Acts 18. This outline is invaluable to those who desire to study 1-2 Corinthians. which can be

•During Paul's second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), he made his initial visit to Corinth.

•Paul established the church in Corinth and remained their for eighteen months (Acts 18:11).

•After Paul's departure, moral, theological, and partisan problems began to arise. As a result, he wrote 1 Corinthians.

•Paul made a  special visit to Corinth in order to deal with the problems in the church. This "sorrowful visit" accomplished little (2 Cor. 2:1).

•Paul wrote a sorrowful letter to the Corinthians that was delivered by Titus (2 Cor. 2:4; 7:8).

•While Paul ministered in Macedonia (2 Cor. 2:12), he heard that the sorrowful letter was for the most part successful (2 Cor. 7:8-15)

•Paul composed 2 Corinthians in order to express the gratitude in his heart that the sorrowful letter was successful (2 Cor. 1:1-7), but in it he also dealt with attacks on his apostleship (2 Cor. 2:5-11), interference from outsiders (2 Cor. 3:1), and a defense of his integrity because he had been forced to change his travel plans (1 Cor. 16:5; 2 Cor. 1:15-22).

•Paul promised to come and visit Corinth a third time (2 Cor. 13:1)

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[1]Frederick W. Danker, II Corinthians, in the Augsburg Commentary on the NewTestament (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989), 15-17.