God Should Draw Us Some 2000 Year Old Maps

Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. Was translated from the Greek manuscripts containing the Greek words μόνῳ σοφῷ θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἶῶνας ἆμήν πρός Ῥωμαίους ἐγράφη ἆπό Κορίνθου διὰ φοίβης τῆς διακόνου τῆς ἕν Κεγχρεαῖς ἐκκλησίας and the emboldened Greek words were translated into the English words “written to the Romans from Corinthus and sent by Phoebe servant of the church at Cenchria”.

English “Corinthus” and “Cenchria” emboldened in Romans 16:27 were translated from the Greek proper locative nouns 2882 korinthos and 2747 kegchreai respectively. We are dealing with a city of Corinth which lies in the most narrow part of the Western part of the Isthmus of Corinthus, which is an East to West oriented narrow strip of land that lies between the Gulf of Corinth on it’s North and the Saronic Gulf on it’s South. Athens Greece is about 40 miles to it’s East and Rome is to it’s Northwest. “Cenchria” lies in the far Eastern part of the Isthmus of Corinthus and “Corinth” is in the Western part of the Isthmus of Corinthus. Paul’s letters to the “Corinthians” were probably sent to both the church of Corinth and the church of Cenchria.