Acts 18 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Paul in Corinth

Act 18:1After this Paul[fn] left Athens and went to Corinth.

Act 18:2And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,

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Act 18:3and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

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Act 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

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Act 18:5When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

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Act 18:6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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Act 18:7And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

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Act 18:8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

Act 18:9

Act 18:9And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

Act 18:10

Act 18:10for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”

Act 18:11

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

Act 18:12

Act 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews[fn] made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

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Act 18:13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”

Act 18:14

Act 18:14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

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Act 18:15But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”

Act 18:16

Act 18:16And he drove them from the tribunal.

Act 18:17

Act 18:17And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Paul Returns to Antioch

Act 18:18

Act 18:18After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers[fn] and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.

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Act 18:19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

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Act 18:20When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.

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Act 18:21But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

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Act 18:22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

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Act 18:23After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

Act 18:24

Act 18:24Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.

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Act 18:25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit,[fn] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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Act 18:26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Act 18:27

Act 18:27And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

Act 18:28

Act 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

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ESV Footnotes

(18:1)

Greek he

(18:12)

Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28

(18:18)

Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27

(18:25)

Or in the Spirit

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