2 Corinthians MacArthur New Testament Commentary

busy seaport and its booming economy drew large numbers of immigrants, adding to the ethnic melting pot of Corinth’s population.

Few cities in the ancient world were blessed with as favorable a geographic location as Corinth was. The city was strategically located on the narrow isthmus connecting the mainland of Greece with the Peloponnesus, the large, leaf-shaped peninsula that makes up the southernmost part of Greece.