Which church that Paul started had the most problems?
Among all the congregations Paul and his companions started and dealt with, none was as carnal and as filled with problems as the Corinthian church. Its many issues and questions prompted Paul to write 1 and 2 Corinthians to address their dilemmas.
Les explains that of all the churches or congregations Paul and his cohorts—Barnabas, Silas, or whoever—started and dealt with, none was as carnal and as filled with problems as the Corinthian church. The reason Paul wrote the Corinthian letters was that the Corinthians had sent him questions about things popping up in their church that they did not know how to handle. For instance, 1 Corinthians 7:1 says, "Now concerning the things whereof you wrote unto me," and 1 Corinthians 8:1 raises another dilemma: whether they could eat meat offered to idols. These questions gave rise to the epistle and the issues covered in 1 and 2 Corinthians.