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Paul Goes to Corinth<br />
Acts 18<br />
Paul leaves Ath<strong>en</strong>s and goes to Corinth. There, he meets t<strong>en</strong>tmakers named Aquila and<br />
Priscilla, and they work together. There, he sp<strong>en</strong>ds a year and six months preaching and<br />
th<strong>en</strong> returns to Antioch.<br />
Acts 18<br />
1After this, Paul left Ath<strong>en</strong>s and w<strong>en</strong>t to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew<br />
named Aquila, who was a native of Pontus. Aquila had rec<strong>en</strong>tly come<br />
from Italy with his wife Priscilla. The emperor Claudius had ordered<br />
all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul w<strong>en</strong>t to see Aquila and Priscilla. 3 They<br />
were t<strong>en</strong>tmakers, just as he was. So he stayed and worked with them.<br />
4Every Sabbath day he w<strong>en</strong>t to the synagogue. He was trying to get both<br />
Jews and Greeks to believe in the Lord.<br />
5Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia. Th<strong>en</strong> Paul sp<strong>en</strong>t all his time<br />
preaching. He gave witness to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 But<br />
the Jews opposed Paul. They treated him badly. He didn't like this. So he<br />
shook out his clothes. Th<strong>en</strong> he said to them, "Anything that happ<strong>en</strong>s to<br />
you will be your own fault! Don't blame me for it! From now on I will go<br />
to people who are not Jews."<br />
7Th<strong>en</strong> Paul left the synagogue. He w<strong>en</strong>t next door to the house of Titius<br />
Justus, a man who worshiped God. 8 Crispus was the synagogue ruler.<br />
He and his whole family came to believe in the Lord. Many others who<br />
lived in Corinth heard Paul. They too believed and were baptized.<br />
9One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision. "Don't be afraid," he said.<br />
"Keep on speaking. Don't be sil<strong>en</strong>t. 10 I am with you. No one will attack<br />
you and harm you. I have many people in this city." 11 So Paul stayed<br />
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there for a year and a half. He taught them God's word.<br />
12At that time Gallio was governor of * Achaia. The Jews got together<br />
and attacked Paul. They brought him into court. 13 "This man," they<br />
charged, "is trying to talk people into worshiping God in ways that are<br />
against the law."<br />
14Paul was about to speak up for himself. But just th<strong>en</strong> Gallio spoke to<br />
the Jews. "You Jews are not claiming that Paul has committed a crime,<br />
whether large or small," he said. "If you were, it would make s<strong>en</strong>se for<br />
me to list<strong>en</strong> to you. 15 But this is about your own law. It is a question of<br />
words and names. Settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of<br />
such things."<br />
16So he had them thrown out of the court. 17 Th<strong>en</strong> all the Jews turned<br />
against Sosth<strong>en</strong>es. He was the synagogue ruler. They beat him up in<br />
front of the court. But Gallio didn't care at all.<br />
Priscilla and Aquila Teach Apollos<br />
18Paul stayed in Corinth for some time. Th<strong>en</strong> he left the believers and<br />
sailed for Syria. Priscilla and Aquila w<strong>en</strong>t with him. Before he sailed, he<br />
had his hair cut off at C<strong>en</strong>chrea. He did this because he had made a promise<br />
to God. 19 They arrived at Ephesus. There Paul said good-by to Priscilla<br />
and Aquila. He himself w<strong>en</strong>t into the synagogue and talked with the<br />
Jews.<br />
20The Jews asked him to sp<strong>en</strong>d more time with them. But he said no.<br />
21As he left, he made them a promise. "If God wants me to," he said, "I will<br />
come back." Th<strong>en</strong> he sailed from Ephesus. 22 Wh<strong>en</strong> he landed at Caesarea,<br />
he w<strong>en</strong>t up to Jerusalem. There he greeted the church. He th<strong>en</strong> w<strong>en</strong>t<br />
down to Antioch.<br />
23Paul sp<strong>en</strong>t some time in Antioch. Th<strong>en</strong> he left and traveled all over Galatia<br />
and Phrygia. He gave str<strong>en</strong>gth to all the believers there. 24 At that<br />
time a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was an educated man<br />
from * Alexandria. He knew the Scriptures very well. 25 Apollos had be<strong>en</strong><br />
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taught the way of the Lord. He spoke with great<br />
power. He taught the truth about Jesus. But he only<br />
knew about John's baptism.<br />
26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Priscilla<br />
and Aquila heard him. So they invited him to<br />
their home. There they gave him a better understanding<br />
of the way of God.<br />
27Apollos wanted to go to Achaia. The brothers<br />
agreed with him. They wrote to the believers there.<br />
They asked them to welcome him. Wh<strong>en</strong> he arrived,<br />
he was a great help to those who had become believers<br />
by God's grace. 28 He argued strongly against the<br />
Jews in public meetings. He proved from the Scriptures<br />
that Jesus was the Christ.<br />
Mission Accomplished<br />
BIBLE CLIP<br />
the Achaia family line<br />
Ma The southern region<br />
of the two states of<br />
the Greek p<strong>en</strong>insula,<br />
divided by Emperor<br />
Augustus. The major<br />
cities included Ath<strong>en</strong>s,<br />
Corinth, and C<strong>en</strong>chreae<br />
(Ac 18:12).<br />
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