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Paul had great respect for Timothy, one of his traveling companion. Timothy had accompanied Paul to Corinth on his second missionary journey, and Paul had recently sent him to minister.

Timothy’s report to Paul about the crisis in the Corinthian church prompted Paul to make an unplanned visit to the church to deal with the problem in person.

The Romans had made Corinth the capital of Archaia, which is located in the southern half of present-day Greece. The city was a flourishing trade center because of its seaport. With the thousands of merchants and sailors who disembarked there each year, it had developed a reputation of being one of the most immoral cities in the ancient world; its pagan temples encouraged the practice of sexual immorality along with idol worship.

A Christian church at that time would be anything but easy to maintain and unify.

2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia: