The restoration & upbuilding of the church is Paul's closing aim in 2 Corinthians. History & scriptural context remind us of the experiences of this cultural improbability. Corinth provides the church of all time with an extreme test case for the cultivating power of the gospel. If Christianity can flourish here... There is never a situation in history where the soil is so fallow it can resist the titanium flow-share of the unadulterated gospel. 2 Cor 2:2