It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE.

[1] The original text was written in Koine Greek.

This chapter is divided into 17 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: The unnamed offender, Biblical Greek: τοιοῦτος, toioutos, "such a one" (KJV), "a man in his position" (J.

B. Phillips' translation) is the man who, in 1 Corinthians 5:1 "has his father’s wife".