Paul at Corinth

18 After these things he left ^(A)Athens and went to ^(B)Corinth. ² And he found a Jew named ^(C)Aquila, a native of ^(D)Pontus, having recently come from ^(E)Italy with his wife ^(F)Priscilla, because ^(G)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, ³ and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and ^(H)they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. ⁴ And he was reasoning ^(I)in the synagogue every ^(J)Sabbath and trying to persuade ^(K)Jews and Greeks.

⁵ But when ^(L)Silas and Timothy ^(M)came down from ^(N)Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly ^(O)testifying to the Jews that ^(P)Jesus was the ^[a]Christ. ⁶ But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ^(Q)shook out his garments and said to them, “Your ^(R)blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ^(S)to the Gentiles.” ⁷ Then he left there and went to the house of a man named ^[b]Titius Justus, ^(T)a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. ^8 (U)Crispus, ^(V)the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ^(W)with all his household, and many of the ^(X)Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. ⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ^(Y)a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” ¹¹ And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹² But while Gallio was ^(Z)proconsul of ^(AA)Achaia, ^(AB)the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before ^(AC)the judgment seat, ¹³ saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to ^(AD)the law.” ¹⁴ But when Paul was about to ^(AE)open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; ¹⁵ but if there are ^(AF)questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.” ¹⁶ And he drove them away from ^(AG)the judgment seat. ¹⁷ And they all took hold of ^(AH)Sosthenes, ^(AI)the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ^(AJ)the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

¹⁸ Paul, having remained many days longer, ^(AK)took leave of ^(AL)the brethren and put out to sea for ^(AM)Syria, and with him were ^(AN)Priscilla and ^(AO)Aquila. In ^(AP)Cenchrea ^[c]he ^(AQ)had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. ¹⁹ They came to ^(AR)Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ^(AS)the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, ²¹ but ^(AT)taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again ^(AU)if God wills,” he set sail from ^(AV)Ephesus.

²² When he had landed at ^(AW)Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to ^(AX)Antioch.

Third Missionary Journey

²³ And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the ^(AY)Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴ Now a Jew named ^(AZ)Apollos, an ^(BA)Alexandrian by birth, ^[d]an eloquent man, came to ^(BB)Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. ²⁵ This man had been instructed in ^(BC)the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with ^(BD)the baptism of John; ²⁶ and ^[e]he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when ^(BE)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him ^(BF)the way of God more accurately. ²⁷ And when he wanted to go across to ^(BG)Achaia, ^(BH)the brethren encouraged him and wrote to ^(BI)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ^[f]helped those who had believed through grace, ²⁸ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating ^(BJ)by the Scriptures that ^(BK)Jesus was the ^[g]Christ.