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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/acts/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Paul in Corinth</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this Paul<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek he">a</a></sup></span> left Athens and went to Corinth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, <span class="woc">“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="woc">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> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28">b</a></sup></span> made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he drove them from the tribunal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="heading">Paul Returns to Antioch</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27">c</a></sup></span> 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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="heading">Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or in the Spirit">d</a></sup></span> he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Greek <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Greek <i language="Greek">Ioudaioi</i> probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i>; also verse 27<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">in</span> the Spirit</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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