Paul

Ancient Corinth The Las Vegas of the Ancient World.

250,000 citizens and another 400,000 or so slaves.

Crossroads for travelers and traders.

The city had at least 12 temples,

The most famous of these temples was the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, where worshipers practiced ritual prostitution.

The temple was served by more than 1000pagan priestess-prostitutes.

Called and Chosen 1 Cor 1:21

Comely Gifts 1 Cor 12

Henry D. Moyle "Paul enumerates many gifts of the Spirit. The greatest gift, however, is not the performing of miracles or talking in tongues, or prophesying, etc.; but the inception of an individual testimony is the greatest of all gifts of the Spirit.

And that is a gift which comes from God through the Holy Ghost and can be received by any man, woman, or child in the world who desires to know the truth." (Conference Report, April 1957, Afternoon Meeting 32.)

The Greatest Gift

1 Cor 13