Introduction and Background to 1 Corinthians (1:1–9) Summarize facts related to the authorship of 1 Corinthians. Paul’s Contact and Correspondence with Corinth According to Acts, Paul first visited Corinth during his second missionary journey, probably sometime in AD 50 or 51. This date is fairly certain because during his eighteen-month stay in Corinth, Paul appeared before Gallio, the newly appointed Roman proconsul, whose time in office has been established by archaeological finds as July