It is some four years later that Paul writes First Corinthians. He is in Ephesus, and is cut to the heart over the troubles in the church at Corinth. He has lived to see the sad sight of a church split over the merits of various preachers, including himself. They have appealed to Paul for help and he has to speak. The divisions led to or helped on various vices and weaknesses. Paul feels called on to defend his style of preaching in Corinth. Cephas had not been there and Apollos was acknowledged