Founding the Corinthian Church

18 After this, he[a] left Athens and went to Corinth,(A) where he found a Jew named Aquila,(B) a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them, and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade,(C) he stayed with them and worked. He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.(D)

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  1. 18:1 Other mss read Paul

Paul in Corinth

18 After this, Paul[a] left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul[b] went to visit them, and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade. Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

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  1. Acts 18:1 Lit. he
  2. Acts 18:2 Lit. He