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Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me
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and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
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“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
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In Corinth
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
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So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
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While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.
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Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos
Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.
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Paul in Ephesus
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
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The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
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To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
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Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
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Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
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I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
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We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
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Paul’s Joy Over the Church’s Repentance
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
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You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
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Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
