⁵ When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God^(A) in the Jewish synagogues.^(B) John^(C) was with them as their helper.

⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul,^(A) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

⁴⁴ On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.^(A) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.^(B)

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord;^(A) and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

¹³ But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,^(A) some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.

¹¹ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.^(A)