Acts 18 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Paul at Corinth

Act 18:1After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

Act 18:2And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

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Act 18:3And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

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Act 18:4And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

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Act 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

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Act 18:6And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

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Act 18:7And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

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Act 18:8And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

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Act 18:9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

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Act 18:10For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

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Act 18:11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

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Act 18:12But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

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Act 18:13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

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Act 18:14But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

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Act 18:15But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

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Act 18:16And he sent them away from the judge's seat.

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Act 18:17And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

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Act 18:18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

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Act 18:19And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

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Act 18:20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

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Act 18:21And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

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Act 18:22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

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Act 18:23

Act 18:23And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

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Act 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

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Act 18:25This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

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Act 18:26And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

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Act 18:27And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

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Act 18:28For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

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Acts 18 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Paul at Corinth

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