Acts 18 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul at Corinth

Act 18:1After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.

Act 18:2And he found a Jew named Aq'uila, a native of Pontus, lately 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 they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.

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Act 18:4And he argued in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

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Act 18:5When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedo'nia, Paul was occupied with preaching, 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 upon your 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 all his household; and many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

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Act 18:9And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;

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Act 18:10for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city."

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

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Act 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Acha'ia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

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Act 18:13saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law."

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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, I should have reason to bear with you, O Jews;

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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."

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

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

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Act 18:18After this Paul stayed many days longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aq'uila. At Cen'chre-ae he cut his hair, for he had 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 argued 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 Caesare'a, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

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Act 18:23

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

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Act 18:24Now a Jew named Apol'los, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

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Act 18:25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, 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 Aq'uila heard him, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.

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Act 18:27And when he wished to cross to Acha'ia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

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

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Acts 18 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul at Corinth

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