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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 GWT</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, Paul left Athens and went to the city of Corinth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In Corinth he met a Jewish man named Aquila and his wife Priscilla. Aquila had been born in Pontus, and they had recently come from Italy because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and because they made tents for a living as he did, he stayed with them and they worked together. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On every day of worship, Paul would discuss [Scripture] in the synagogue. He tried to win over Jews and Greeks who had converted to Judaism.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted all his time to teaching the word of God. He assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But they opposed him and insulted him. So Paul shook the dust from his clothes and told them, "You're responsible for your own death. I'm innocent. From now on I'm going to people who are not Jewish." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he left the synagogue and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who was a convert to Judaism. His house was next door to the synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The synagogue leader Crispus and his whole family believed in the Lord. Many Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Don't be afraid to speak out! Don't be silent! <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I'm with you. No one will attack you or harm you. I have many people in this city." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Paul lived in Corinth for a year and a half and taught the word of God to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews had one thought in mind. They attacked Paul and brought him to court. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are against Moses' Teachings." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Paul was about to answer when Gallio said to the Jews, "If there were some kind of misdemeanor or crime involved, reason would demand that I put up with you Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But since you're disputing words, names, and your own teachings, you'll have to take care of that yourselves. I don't want to be a judge who gets involved in those things." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Gallio had them forced out of his court. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then all [the governor's officers] took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio couldn't have cared less.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After staying in Corinth quite a while longer, Paul left [for Ephesus]. Priscilla and Aquila went with him. In the city of Cenchrea, Aquila had his hair cut, since he had taken a vow. From Cenchrea they took a boat headed for Syria <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and arrived in the city of Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. Paul went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The Jews asked him to stay longer, but he refused. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>As he left, he told them, "I'll come back to visit you if God wants me to." Paul took a boat from Ephesus</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and arrived in the city of Caesarea. He went [to Jerusalem], greeted the church, and went back to the city of Antioch.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After spending some time in Antioch, Paul went through the regions of Galatia and Phrygia, where he strengthened [the faith of] all the disciples.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A Jew named Apollos, who had been born in Alexandria, arrived in the city of Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker and knew how to use the Scriptures in a powerful way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He had been instructed in the Lord's way and spoke enthusiastically. He accurately taught about Jesus but knew only about the baptism John performed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him [home] with them and explained God's way to him more accurately. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When Apollos wanted to travel to Greece, the believers [in Ephesus] encouraged him. They wrote to the disciples in Greece to tell them to welcome him. When he arrived in Greece, God's kindness enabled him to help the believers a great deal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In public Apollos helped them by clearly showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah and that the Jews were wrong.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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