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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.” |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16And he drove them away from the judgment seat. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. |
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