Prior to his arrival in Corinth, Paul was in Macedonia-more specifically, Thessalonica (see Ehrman, 217 & 2 Cor 1:19). Those who made up the group were primarily Gentiles, as Paul worked to establish the idea of only one God, whose son was Jesus. These people were mostly from lower social classes. We see this when Paul speaks to them in 1 Cor 1:26. He says, “Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.” After departing to preach the messages of the gospel in Ephesus, Paul kept in touch with the group through the letter he wrote with Sosthenes- 1 Corinthians. After Paul’s departure, the group experienced multiple conflicts which were supposedly reported back to Paul both written and orally. The group was dividing as people began to take different stands on certain issues that Paul assumingly never addressed. For example, there was question as to what was considered morally correct when it came to sex before or even during marriage. Paul created 1 Corinthians in response to these concerns, conflicts, and disagreements. Paul contrasts human wisdom with divine foolishness, saying that even God’s foolishness is greater than human wisdom. To me, this translates to saying that even our bests, we are never greater or wiser than God. In 1 Cor 2:1-5, Paul seems to accept and proclaim that he is nowhere near as wise as God. He emphasizes his use of spiritual teachings as oppose to just wise words, hoping to teach us to have faith in the power of God: “ My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.”