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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; (because 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 the Jews and the Greeks.

Acts 18:5 (show verse)

And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the word, 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 clothes, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth 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 Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house was next door 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 spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace:

Acts 18:10 (show verse)

For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I have many people in this city.

Acts 18:11 (show verse)

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

Acts 18:12 (show verse)

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made an attack with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

Acts 18:13 (show verse)

Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship 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 crime, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

Acts 18:15 (show verse)

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look you 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 shaved 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 a 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, having gone up, and greeted the church, 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, strengthening 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, knowing only the baptism of John.

Acts 18:26 (show verse)

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, 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 brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed through grace:

Acts 18:28 (show verse)

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.