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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 18 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Acts 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/17.htm" title="Acts 17">◄</a> Acts 18 <a href="../acts/19.htm" title="Acts 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Paul in Corinth</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.1" class="v44_18_1">1</span>Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, </span><span class="v44_18_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.2" class="v44_18_2">2</span>where he met Aquila, a Jewish man from Pontus. Not long before this, Aquila had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome.<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Paul went to see Aquila and Priscilla </span><span class="v44_18_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.3" class="v44_18_3">3</span>and found out they were tent makers. Paul was also a tent maker, so he stayed with them, and they worked together.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.4" class="v44_18_4">4</span>Every Sabbath, Paul went to the synagogue. He spoke to Jews and Gentiles<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and tried to win them over. </span><span class="v44_18_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.5" class="v44_18_5">5</span>But after Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, he spent all his time preaching to the Jews about Jesus the Messiah. </span><span class="v44_18_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.6" class="v44_18_6">6</span>Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothes<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and told them, “Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.7" class="v44_18_7">7</span>Paul then moved into the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God and lived next door to the synagogue. </span><span class="v44_18_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.8" class="v44_18_8">8</span>Crispus was the leader of the synagogue. He and everyone in his family put their faith in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard the message, and all the people who had faith in the Lord were baptized.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.9" class="v44_18_9">9</span>One night, Paul had a vision, and in it the Lord said, “Don't be afraid to keep on preaching. Don't stop! </span><span class="v44_18_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.10" class="v44_18_10">10</span>I am with you, and you won't be harmed. Many people in this city belong to me.” </span><span class="v44_18_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.11" class="v44_18_11">11</span>Paul stayed on in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching God's message to the people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.12" class="v44_18_12">12</span>While Gallio was governor of Achaia, some of the Jewish leaders got together and grabbed Paul. They brought him into court </span><span class="v44_18_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.13" class="v44_18_13">13</span>and said, “This man is trying to make our people worship God in a way that is against our Law!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.14" class="v44_18_14">14</span>Even before Paul could speak, Gallio said, “If you were charging this man with a crime or some other wrong, I would have to listen to you. </span><span class="v44_18_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.15" class="v44_18_15">15</span>But since this concerns only words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of it yourselves. I refuse to judge such matters.” </span><span class="v44_18_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.16" class="v44_18_16">16</span>Then he sent them out of the court. </span><span class="v44_18_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.17" class="v44_18_17">17</span>The crowd grabbed Sosthenes, the Jewish leader, and beat him up in front of the court. But none of this mattered to Gallio.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.18" class="v44_18_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> After Paul had stayed for a while with the Lord's followers in Corinth, he told them goodbye and sailed on to Syria with Aquila and Priscilla. But before he left, he had his head shaved<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.18!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> at Cenchreae because he had made a promise to God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.19" class="v44_18_19">19</span>The three of them arrived in Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He then went into the synagogue to talk with the people there. </span><span class="v44_18_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.20" class="v44_18_20">20</span>They asked him to stay longer, but he refused. </span><span class="v44_18_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.21" class="v44_18_21">21</span>He told them goodbye and said, “If God lets me, I will come back.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.22" class="v44_18_22">22</span>Paul sailed to Caesarea, where he greeted the church. Then he went on to Antioch. </span><span class="v44_18_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.23" class="v44_18_23">23</span>After staying there for a while, he left and visited several places in Galatia and Phrygia. He helped the followers there to become stronger in their faith.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Apollos in Ephesus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.24" class="v44_18_24">24</span>A Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. Apollos had been born in the city of Alexandria. He was a very good speaker and knew a lot about the Scriptures. </span><span class="v44_18_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.25" class="v44_18_25">25</span>He also knew much about the Lord's Way,<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.18.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and he spoke about it with great excitement. What he taught about Jesus was right, but all he knew was John's message about baptism.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.26" class="v44_18_26">26</span>Apollos started speaking bravely in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to their home and helped him understand God's Way even better.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_18_27"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.27" class="v44_18_27">27</span>Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's gift of undeserved grace. </span><span class="v44_18_28"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.18.28" class="v44_18_28">28</span>He got into fierce arguments with the Jewish people, and in public he used the Scriptures to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably <char style="sc">a.d.</char> 49, though it may have been <char style="sc">a.d.</char> 41.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Gentiles: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Here the word is “Greeks.” But see the note at 14.1.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">shook the dust from his clothes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This means the same as shaking dust from the feet (see the note at 13.51).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">he had his head shaved: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Paul had promised to be a “Nazirite” for a while. This meant that for the time of the promise, he could not cut his hair or drink wine. When the time was over, he would have to cut his hair and offer a sacrifice to God.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the Lord's Way: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 9.2.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Bible text from the Contemporary English Version 2nd Edition (CEV®) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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