^6 (A)I planted, ^(B)Apollos watered, ^(C)but God gave the increase.

²⁶ So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. ²⁷ And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, ^(A)he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), ^(A)for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; ¹⁵ not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, ^(B)in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere,

⁹ For ^(A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are ^(B)God’s building. ^10 (C)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid ^(D)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.

^4 (A)And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

^5 (B)When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was ^(C)compelled ^[a]by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. ⁶ But ^(D)when they opposed him and blasphemed, ^(E)he shook his garments and said to them, ^(F)“Your blood be upon your own heads; ^(G)I am clean. ^(H)From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ⁷ And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named ^[b]Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. ^8 (I)Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

⁹ Now ^(J)the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; ^10 (K)for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” ¹¹ And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

A Pattern of Self-Denial

9 Am ^(A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? ^(B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? ^(C)Are you not my work in the Lord?

Paul’s Paternal Care

¹⁴ I do not write these things to shame you, but ^(A)as my beloved children I warn you. ¹⁵ For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for ^(B)in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

³⁰ But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and ^(A)righteousness and sanctification and redemption—