drawn from archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, and ancient literary sources scholars have assembled a remarkably sharp profile of the city in Paul’s day.4 Roman Corinth was prosperous, cosmopolitan, and religiously pluralistic, accustomed to visits by impressive, traveling public speakers and obsessed with status, self-promotion, and personal rights. From a Jewish or Christian viewpoint, as with any pagan city, its inhabitants were marked by the worship of idols, sexual immorality, and greed.