Though Paul had a measure of success, yet he became very weary of the sight of his eyes and the hearing of his ears in the corrupt city of Corinth, He doubted the wisdom of building up a church from the material he found there. He considered Corinth a very questionable field of labor, and determined to leave it. The depravity which he witnessed among the Gentiles, and the contempt and insult which he received from the Jews, caused him great anguish of spirit.{LP 106.3}

Selvom Paulus havde en vis succes, blev han i sine egne øjne og ører alligevel meget træt af at se og høre den fordærvede by Korint, han betvivlede det kloge i at opbygge en menighed, af hvad han fandt der. Han betragtede Korint som en meget tvivlsom arbejdsmark, og besluttede sig for at forlade den. Den fordærvelse som han var vidne til iblandt hedningene, og den foragt og hån som han fik fra jøderne, gav ham meget stor smerte.