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What happens when a church divides over the body, creation, and the hope of rising from the dead?
The Third Epistle to the Corinthians presents a church in crisis. Stephen and the elders report that Simon and Cleobius bring troubling teachings to Corinth. In the letter, Paul answers from prison, defending the goodness of creation, Christ’s birth in a real body, and resurrection in the flesh.
Preserved within the Acts of Paul, this short text speaks in the apostle’s name, though scholars generally attribute it to another writer. Once read as scripture in the Armenian Church, it offers a glimpse of how early Christians debate belief and keep a Pauline voice alive after Paul.
What you’ll discover
- A church under strain Meet Stephen and the elders as they seek an answer to teachings that unsettle Corinth.
- A reply from prison Follow the letter’s portrayal of Paul as he answers the community while held in chains.
- The body at stake Explore arguments that place creation, Christ’s flesh, and bodily resurrection at the heart of belief.
- A seed as an image Consider how a seed sown in earth becomes the letter’s picture of resurrection.
- Paul’s voice carried forward Encounter an unknown writer’s use of Paul’s style and ideas to address disputed teachings.
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You will enjoy this if you love early Christian writings, the story of how the New Testament took shape, or short letters with strong convictions. It suits curious believers and students of religion.
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- A prisoner answers a church in crisis
- Paul says he handed down one plain gospel
- The God who made the world sent the prophets
- The evil one stole the flesh and Christ wins it back
- Christ saves the whole body and sets us free
- Those who deny the resurrection are warned and refused
- Wheat, Jonah, Elisha and Elijah show the dead rising
- Hold the received rule and see how the letter lived on
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The Third Epistle to the Corinthians
by Attributed to the Apostle Paul · 160
A prisoner in chains answers a church in Corinth where two teachers say the dead will never rise.
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What would you write to a church that has just been told that God did not make the world, and that the body will never rise? That is the situation behind the Third Epistle to the Corinthians.
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A prisoner answers a church in crisis
The letter opens with a plain greeting. Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, writes to the brethren in Corinth. From the first line he is in chains. The setting is not a quiet study. It is framed by Paul's imprisonment and a worried church in Corinth.
What has happened in Corinth? The Corinthians write first. They tell Paul that two teachers, Simon and Cleobius, have come among them. These men deny that God made heaven and earth. They reject the authority of the Hebrew prophets. They deny that the dead will rise. The Corinthians ask Paul what they should do.
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Paul. The Third Epistle to the Corinthians. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-third-epistle-to-the-corinthians.
Paul. (2026). The third epistle to the Corinthians. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-third-epistle-to-the-corinthians (Original work published ca. 160)
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What is the Third Epistle to the Corinthians about?
It is a short letter in Paul's name answering a church in Corinth troubled by two teachers, Simon and Cleobius. It defends God as creator, the real flesh of Christ, the Old Testament prophets and the rising of the dead.
Did Paul really write Third Corinthians?
Most scholars think not. They date it to the second century and see it as the work of a later author who wrote in Paul's name to meet a new danger, drawing closely on his genuine letters.
Why is Third Corinthians not in most Bibles?
The New Testament was gathered gradually and unevenly, and churches drew its edges in different places. Many communities did not read this letter as scripture, though the churches of Syria and Armenia did.
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