ACTS 18:1 After this he left Athens and came to Corinth.
ACTS 18:2 Here he found a Jew, a native of Pontus, of the name of Aquila. He and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Italy because of Claudius's edict expelling all the Jews from Rome. So Paul paid them a visit;
ACTS 18:3 and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.
ACTS 18:4 But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over both Jews and Greeks.
ACTS 18:5 Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
ACTS 18:6 But upon their opposing him with abusive language, he shook his clothes by way of protest, and said to them, "Your ruin will be upon your own heads. I am not responsible: in future I will go among the Gentiles."
ACTS 18:7 So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
ACTS 18:8 And Crispus, the Warden of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household; and from time to time many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and received baptism.
ACTS 18:9 And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up.
ACTS 18:10 I am with you, and no one shall attack you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."
ACTS 18:11 So Paul remained in Corinth for a year and six months, teaching among them the Message of God.
ACTS 18:12 But when Gallio became Proconsul of Greece, the Jews with one accord made a dead set at Paul, and brought him before the court.
ACTS 18:13 "This man," they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."
ACTS 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might reasonably have listened to you Jews.
ACTS 18:15 But since these are questions about words and names and your Law, you yourselves must see to them. I refuse to be a judge in such matters."
ACTS 18:16 So he ordered them out of court.
ACTS 18:17 Then the people all set upon Sosthenes, the Warden of the synagogue, and beat him severely in front of the court. Gallio did not concern himself in the least about this.
ACTS 18:18 After remaining a considerable time longer in Corinth, Paul took leave of the brethren and set sail for Syria; and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had shaved his head at Cenchreae, because he was bound by a vow.
ACTS 18:19 They put in at Ephesus, and there Paul left his companions behind. As for himself, he went to the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.
ACTS 18:20 When they asked him to remain longer he did not consent,
ACTS 18:21 but took leave of them with the promise, "I will return to you, God willing." So he set sail from Ephesus.
ACTS 18:22 Landing at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and inquired after the welfare of the Church, and then went down to Antioch.
ACTS 18:23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out on a tour, visiting the whole of Galatia and Phrygia in order, and strengthening all the disciples.
ACTS 18:24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, a man of great learning and well versed in the Scriptures.
ACTS 18:25 He had been instructed by word of mouth in the way of the Lord, and, being full of burning zeal, he used to speak and teach accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John's.
ACTS 18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila, after hearing him, took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.
ACTS 18:27 Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;
ACTS 18:28 for he powerfully and in public overcame the Jews in argument, proving to them from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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