Acts 18:1

Paul departed. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the omission of “Paul,” reading “he departed.” To Corinth. About 40 mi. (64 km.) southwest of Athens. Paul could have journeyed along the Isthmus of Corinth, or by sea from Piraeus to Cenchreae. The city of Corinth was on the isthmus, and had a harbor on either shore — one at Cenchreae on the east and another at Lechaeum on the west. It had been of commercial importance from very early Greek times. Commerce had brought luxury and vice. Here Paul entered upon his labors, with far more fruitful results than at Athens.