Acts 18

¹Now after these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.

²And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome; and he came to them.

³And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade.

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

⁵And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed in the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

⁶But when they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

⁷And moving on from there, he went to the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.

⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

⁹And the Lord said to Paul in the night through a vision, Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

¹⁰because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.

¹¹And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹³saying, This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, 'If it were a matter of some wrong or wicked crime, O Jews, I would have reason to bear with you;

¹⁵but if they are questions about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I do not wish to be a judge of these things.

¹⁶And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

¹⁷And they all seized Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue and began beating him before the judgment seat; and none of these things was of concern to Gallio.

¹⁸Now Paul, having remained many more days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head at Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

¹⁹And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰Now when they asked him to remain for a longer time, he did not consent.

²¹But having taken leave of them and saying, ’It is necessary for me by all means to keep the coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return to you again, God willing,’ he set sail from Ephesus.

²²And having put in at Caesarea, and having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.

²³And having spent some time, he went out, passing through the Galatian region and Phrygia one after another, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, being mighty in the Scriptures.

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁷And when he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers, encouraging him, wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

²⁸For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, showing through the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.