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Paul in Corinth

¹ After these events Paul left ^(C1)Athens and went to ^(C2)Corinth.² And he found a Jew named ^(C1)Aquila, a native of ^(C2)Pontus having recently come from ^(C3)Italy with his wife ^(C1)Priscilla, because ^(C4)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,³ and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and ^(C1)they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade.⁴ And Paul was reasoning ^(C1)in the synagogue every ^(C2)Sabbath and trying to persuade ^(C3)Jews and Greeks.

⁵ But when ^(C1)Silas and Timothy ^(C2)came down from ^(C3)Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, ^(C4)testifying to the Jews that ^(C5)Jesus was the ^(F1)Christ.⁶ But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ^(C1)shook out his garments and said to them, "Your ^(C2)blood is ^(F1)on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ^(C3)to the Gentiles."⁷ Then he left ^(F1)the synagogue and went to the house of a man named ^(F2)Titius Justus, ^(C1)a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.^8 (C1)Crispus, ^(C2)the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ^(C3)together with his entire household; and many of the ^(C4)Corinthians, as they listened to Paul, were believing and being baptized.⁹ And the Lord said to Paul by ^(C1)a vision at night, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."¹¹ And he settled there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹² But while Gallio was ^(C1)proconsul of ^(C2)Achaia, ^(C3)the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before ^(C4)the ^(F1)judgment seat,¹³ saying, "This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to ^(C1)the ^(F1)law."¹⁴ But when Paul was about to ^(C1)open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some crime or vicious, unscrupulous act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;¹⁵ but if there are ^(F1)(C1)questions about ^(F2)teaching and ^(F3)persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters."¹⁶ And he drove them away from ^(C1)the ^(F1)judgment seat.¹⁷ But they all took hold of ^(C1)Sosthenes, ^(C2)the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ^(C3)the judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

¹⁸ Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, ^(C1)took leave of ^(C2)the brothers and sisters and sailed away to ^(C3)Syria, and ^(C4)Priscilla and ^(C4)Aquila were with him. ^(F1)Paul first ^(C5)had his hair cut at ^(C6)Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow.¹⁹ They came to ^(C1)Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ^(C2)the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,²¹ but ^(C1)took leave of them and said, "I will return to you again ^(C2)if God wills," and he set sail from ^(C3)Ephesus.

²² When he had landed in ^(C1)Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and went down to ^(C2)Antioch.

Third Missionary Journey

²⁴ Now a Jew named ^(C1)Apollos, an ^(C2)Alexandrian by birth, ^(F1)an eloquent man, came to ^(C3)Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.²⁵ This man had been instructed in ^(C1)the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with ^(C2)the baptism of John;²⁶ and ^(F1)he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when ^(C1)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained ^(C2)the way of God more accurately to him.²⁷ And when he wanted to go across to ^(C1)Achaia, ^(C2)the brothers encouraged him and wrote to ^(C3)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ^(F1)helped those who had believed through grace,²⁸ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating ^(C1)by the Scriptures that ^(C2)Jesus was the ^(F1)Christ.