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1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came
to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had
commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And
because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their
occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas
and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and
testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. 6 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
henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain mans
house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to
the synagogue. 8 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. 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the
night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not
thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no
man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And
he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among
them.
12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary
to the law. 14 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: 15 But if it be a
question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I
will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from the
judgment seat. 17 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.
18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a
good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into
Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in
Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them
there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When
they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21 But
bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in
Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from
Ephesus. 22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 23 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.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This
man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he
spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of
John. 26 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. 27 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 which had believed through grace: 28 For
he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
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