Paul met them when he came to Corinth the first time. When God called Paul on the Damascus road, he was commissioned to preach the Gospel of Christ. Paul immediately put aside everything else and made an urgent visit to Corinth to try to put things right. In the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul instructs the church what to do when they encounter an unrepentant sinner in church. Subject to the overall power and authority of Peter, the President of the Church at that time, Paul possessed the right, the power, and the authority to declare the mind and will of God to his people. Rather, he retired into Arabia for a time and not until three years later did he go to Jerusalem. Paul, as an ambassador of Christ in chains, depicts the church assembly as a holy temple filled with God, Christ, and the Spirit, and then stands firm wearing divine armor ready to withstand all evil forces and to spread the peace of the gospel of Christ to the … From there Paul went to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9), and then on to Berea (17:10-15). Chosen by God to be a vessel to the Gentiles, Paul’s writing and preaching encouraged the early church and taught them how to live a God-centered life in a pagan-centered world. Paul said that when Christ called him, he did not go to Jerusalem to receive instruction from the apostles. His partner, Timothy, did go, however, and found the situation in Corinth bad. The churches—whether made up of Jews or gentiles—that were established by Paul’s teaching observed the Sabbath. The scriptural record shows that Paul personally kept the seventh-day Sabbath and that he taught the gentiles to do the same. For more on the Sabbath, read the article “Was the Sabbath Changed to … They are to discontinue fellowship with … They hadn’t done anything Paul told them to do his letter (1 Corinthians), and the church was fragmenting under the weight of its sin. Living and knowing well the doctrine of the Church, he would have been able to teach that doctrine in the authority of his divine calling. What do we know about them? As the political head of the church Body, Christ exemplifies virtue and the church aspires to grow to be like him in sacrificial love and service. Introduction The Origins of the Church at Corinth On Paul’s second missionary journey, he had been divinely directed to Philippi, where a church was founded (Acts 16:11-40). Paul and Aquila were tentmakers.