After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Ver. 1. And came to Corinth] A city very rich, but very loose and luxurious. Magna cognatio ut rei sic nominis, divitiis et vitiis. The Corinthians had within their city the temple of Isis, and without it the temple of Venus, to whom there were well nigh a thousand courtesans consecrated. They held fornication to be no sin; hence the apostle is so earnest against it, 1 Corinthians 5:1,13 .