Two or three years after leaving the church he had started in corinth , paul heard disturbing reports : strife and division were seriously threatening the young church 哥林多教会是保罗亲手所建，在那之后两三年他收到了这样的报告：内部的斗争和分裂严重的威胁年轻教会的成长。
It decreed a trade embargo on neighbouring megara , but the ensuing 27 - year struggle left the athenians humiliated and megara ' s ally , corinth , triumphant 当年，雅典决定对其邻邦麦哥拉实施贸易制裁，但是27年接踵而至的对抗留给雅典的却是自己的屈辱和来自对手盟友柯林斯的欢呼。
The athenians did not wish to break the thirty - year truce , but they were afraid that if corinth , which was close to the spartans , defeated corcyra and took control of its large fleet , it would tip the balance of power against them 雅典人不愿打破30年休战协定，但他们又害怕，如果靠近斯巴达人的科林斯打败了科西拉，控制了它的庞大的舰队，就会使得势力均衡朝着不利于他们的方向倾斜。
