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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 18 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/acts/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Paul in Corinth</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:1 Lit. he">a</a></span> left Athens and went to Corinth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:2 Lit. He">b</a></span> went to visit them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:5 Other mss. read Spirit">c</a></span> as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:5 Or Christ">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 Other mss. read Titus">e</a></span> Justus, who worshipped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole family. Many Corinthians who heard Paul also believed and were baptized.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, <span class="red">“Stop being afraid to speak out! Don’t remain silent! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you or harm you, because I have many people in this city.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:11 Lit. he">f</a></span> lived there for a year and a half and continued to teach the word of God among the people there.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:11 Lit. among them">g</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:12 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews">h</a></span> gathered together, attacked Paul, and brought him before the judge’s seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They said, “This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the Law.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:14 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews">i</a></span> “If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So he drove them away from the judge’s seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then all of them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:17 Other mss. read of the Greeks">j</a></span> took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge’s seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.</p> <p class="heading">Paul’s Return Trip to Antioch</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After staying there for quite a while longer, Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, since he was under a vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:19 Lit. left them">k</a></span> there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They asked him to stay longer, but he refused. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>As he told them goodbye, he said, “I will come back<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:21 Other mss. read I must at all costs keep the approaching festival in Jerusalem, but I will come back">l</a></span> to you again if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When he arrived in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:22 The Gk. lacks to Jerusalem">m</a></span> greeted the church there, and then returned 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 place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.</p> <p class="heading">Apollos Preaches in Ephesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and well versed 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 Lord’s way, and with spiritual fervor he kept speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only about John’s baptism. <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 home and explained God’s way to him more accurately. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When Apollos<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:27 Lit. he">n</a></span> wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who, through God’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:27 The Gk. lacks God’s">o</a></span> grace, had believed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He successfully refuted the Jews in public and proved by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:28 Or Christ">p</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 18:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 18:2 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 18:5 Other mss. read <i>Spirit</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 18:5 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 18:7 Other mss. read <i>Titus</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 18:11 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 18:11 Lit. <i>among them</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 18:12 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. <i>the Jews</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 18:14 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. <i>the Jews</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 18:17 Other mss. read <i>of the Greeks</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 18:19 Lit. <i>left them</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 18:21 Other mss. read <i>I must at all costs keep the approaching festival in Jerusalem, but I will come back</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 18:22 The Gk. lacks <i>to Jerusalem</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 18:27 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 18:27 The Gk. lacks <i>God’s</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 18:28 Or <i>Christ</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/acts/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>