In Corinth, Paul found a prosperous city full of immorality and idolatry. Many people in Corinth needed to hear about Jesus. Paul resolved to preach only about Jesus and his crucifixion. When some opposed Paul's message, God assured Paul not to be afraid and to keep preaching. God promised to protect Paul because many in Corinth would come to trust in Jesus.

1. Acts 18:1-17
In Corinth

7. People who need Jesus
• Corinth was a prosperous city
• A place where; “none but the tough could
survive.” (Horace)
• “Beginning with the fifth century B.C., the verb
"to corinthianize" meant to be sexually immoral”
(Zondervan NIV Commentary)

8. People who need Jesus
• “Corinth was also the centre for the worship of
the goddess Aphrodite, whose temple at one
time boasted of a thousand sacred prostitutes
and crowned the Acrocorinth” (Zondervan NIV
Commentary)

9. People who need Jesus
• “Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually
immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male
prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor
thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor
slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the
kingdom of God. And that is what some of you
were.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
• Our communities need Jesus Christ

10. A person to tell of Jesus
• Paul had been called to Macedonia
• The trip had not gone well in many ways
• “I came to you in weakness and fear, and with
much trembling” (1 Corinthians 2:3)
• Paul speaks the central message of
Christianity

11. A person to tell of Jesus
• “For I resolved to know nothing while I was
with you except Jesus Christ and him
crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2)
• Who he is
• What he has done

12. A person to stand with Jesus
• “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be
silent. For I am with you, and no one is going
to attack and harm you, because I have many
people in this city.” (Acts 18:9-10)

13. A person to stand with Jesus
• Do not be afraid (literally, "Stop being
afraid")/I am with you
• Keep on speaking/No one is going to attack
and harm you
• Do not be (literally, "become") silent/Because
I have many people
• Jesus stands with us

14. People who trust in Jesus
• “because I have many people in this city”
(Acts 18:10)
• He has many in our community
• “And that is what some of you were. But you
were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians
6:10)