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Acts 18:1 (show verse)

After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth

Acts 18:2 (show verse)

and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla (for Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and came unto them.

Acts 18:3 (show verse)

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them and worked, for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Acts 18:4 (show verse)

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Acts 18:5 (show verse)

And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was impressed by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 18:6 (show verse)

And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from now on I will go unto the Gentiles.

Acts 18:7 (show verse)

And he departed from there and entered into a certain man's house, named Titus the Just, one that feared God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

Acts 18:8 (show verse)

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

Acts 18:9 (show verse)

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

Acts 18:10 (show verse)

For I am with thee, and no one shall be able to hurt thee, for I have many people in this city.

Acts 18:11 (show verse)

And he continued there a year and six months, teaching them the word of God.

Acts 18:12 (show verse)

And when Gallio was the proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

Acts 18:13 (show verse)

saying, This fellow persuades men to honor God contrary to the law.

Acts 18:14 (show verse)

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you;

Acts 18:15 (show verse)

but if it is a question of words and names and of your law, look ye to it, for I will be no judge of such matters.

Acts 18:16 (show verse)

And he drove them from the judgment seat.

Acts 18:17 (show verse)

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Acts 18:18 (show verse)

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed from there into Syria and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

Acts 18:19 (show verse)

And he came to Ephesus and left them there, but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Acts 18:20 (show verse)

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not,

Acts 18:21 (show verse)

but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem, but I will return again unto you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 18:22 (show verse)

And when he had landed at Caesarea and gone up to Jerusalem and after greeting the congregation , he went down to Antioch.

Acts 18:23 (show verse)

And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, confirming all the disciples.

Acts 18:24 (show verse)

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Acts 18:25 (show verse)

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, teaching only in the baptism of John.

Acts 18:26 (show verse)

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla had heard him, they took him unto them and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

Acts 18:27 (show verse)

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the exhorted brethren wrote the disciples to receive him, who, when he was come, was very helpful through grace unto those who had believed;

Acts 18:28 (show verse)

for he mightily convinced the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.