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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 because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Now Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole family. Many Corinthians who heard Paul also believed and were baptized. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, "Stop being afraid to speak out! Don't remain silent! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you or harm you, because I have many people in this city." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11So Paul lived there for a year and a half and continued to teach the word of God among the people there. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders gathered together, attacked Paul, and brought him before the judge's seat. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the Law." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16So he drove them away from the judge's seat. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then all of them took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18After staying there for quite a while longer, Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, since he was under a vow. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20They asked him to stay longer, but he refused. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21As he told them goodbye, he said, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22When he arrived in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem, greeted the church there, and then returned to Antioch. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and well versed in the Scriptures. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25He had been instructed in the Lord's way, and with spiritual fervor he kept speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only about John's baptism. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who, through God's grace, had believed. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28He successfully refuted the Jews in public and proved by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. |
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