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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 Legacy Standard Bible</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="../">LSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/acts/18.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">In Corinth</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After these things he departed Athens and went to Corinth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, and his wife Priscilla, who recently came from Italy because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul <i>began</i> devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly bearing witness to the Jews that Jesus is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood <i>be</i> on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he left there and went to the house of a man named <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Titius Justus, a God-fearer, whose house was next to the synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, <span class="red">“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">for I am with you, and no man will lay <i>a hand</i> on you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he stayed <i>there</i> a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/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 wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am not willing to be a judge of these matters.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he drove them away from the judgment seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and <i>began</i> beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things. <p class="hdg">Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchreae <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>but taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And having spent some time <i>there</i>, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>he began to speak out 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="/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>helped those who had believed through grace, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">5</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> One early ms <i>Titus</i>; two other early mss omit the name<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>having his hair cut</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>a learned man</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>this man</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>helped greatly through grace those who had believed</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Messiah<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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