“... The metaphor of a race is a common one, and therefore insufficient to demonstrate dependence on Paul. The suggestion that competitors may have sailed [...] to the games has been interpreted as evidence of Corinthian provenance, on the grounds that failure to specify a port makes it likely that the games took place near to the point at which competitors disembarked. This would put the author (or at least those whom he addresses) in a city with strong associations with Paul. Should this hypothesis be accepted, it need not entail that we draw any inferences from the author’s silence about Paul, though in this respect the contrast with 1 Clement may be noted. ...”