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Paul went to see them,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"This man," they charged, "is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, "If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law--settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he drove them off.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he drove them from the tribunal.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href="//niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="//biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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