| Acts 18:1 |
After these things he departed from Athens and came to Corinth. |
| Acts 18:2 |
And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome), he went to them. |
| Acts 18:3 |
And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade. |
| Acts 18:4 |
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, persuading Jews and Greeks. |
| Acts 18:5 |
And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. |
| Acts 18:6 |
But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, Your blood be upon your head; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 18:7 |
And he left there and went into the house of one named Titius Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next to the synagogue. |
| Acts 18:8 |
And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with his whole household; and many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized. |
| Acts 18:9 |
And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; |
| Acts 18:10 |
Because I Myself am with you, and no one will assail you to harm you, because I have many people in this city. |
| Acts 18:11 |
And he remained [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. |
| Acts 18:12 |
But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up against Paul with one accord and brought him to the judgment seat, |
| Acts 18:13 |
Saying, This man incites men to worship God contrary to the law. |
| Acts 18:14 |
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrongdoing or some wicked crime, O Jews, I would for that reason tolerate you; |
| Acts 18:15 |
But if there are questions concerning words and names and your own law, look [after it] yourselves. A judge of these things I do not intend to be. |
| Acts 18:16 |
And he drove them away from the judgment seat. |
| Acts 18:17 |
And they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat [him] in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not concerned about any of these things. |
| Acts 18:18 |
And Paul, having remained [there] yet a considerable number of days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow. |
| Acts 18:19 |
And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there; but he entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. |
| Acts 18:20 |
And when they asked [him] to remain for a longer time, he did not consent; |
| Acts 18:21 |
But taking leave of [them] and saying, I will come back to you again, God willing, he put out to sea from Ephesus. |
| Acts 18:22 |
And coming down to Caesarea, he went up [to Jerusalem] and greeted the church and went down to Antioch. |
| Acts 18:23 |
And when he had spent some time [there,] he went off, passing through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, confirming all the disciples. |
| Acts 18:24 |
And a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, [and] he was powerful in the Scriptures. |
| Acts 18:25 |
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. |
| Acts 18:26 |
And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to [themselves] and expounded the way of God to him more accurately. |
| Acts 18:27 |
And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers encouraged [him] and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he arrived [there,] he helped much through grace those who had believed; |
| Acts 18:28 |
For he vigorously confuted the Jews publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. |