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Acts 18

Paul at Corinth

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After these things he left  aAthens and went to  bCorinth.

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And he found a Jew named  aAquila, a native of  bPontus, having recently come from  cItaly with his wife  aPriscilla, because  dClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

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and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and  athey were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

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And he was reasoning  ain the synagogue every  bSabbath and trying to persuade  cJews and Greeks.

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But when  aSilas and Timothy  bcame down from  cMacedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly  dtestifying to the Jews that  eJesus was the  1Christ.

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But when they resisted and blasphemed, he  ashook out his garments and said to them, "Your  bblood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go  cto the Gentiles."

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Then he left there and went to the house of a man named  1Titius Justus,  aa worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

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 aCrispus,  bthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord  cwith all his household, and many of the  dCorinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

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And the Lord said to Paul in the night by  aa vision, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

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for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city."

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And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

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But while Gallio was  aproconsul of  bAchaia,  cthe Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before  dthe judgment seat,

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saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to  athe law."

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But when Paul was about to  aopen his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

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but if there are  aquestions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters."

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And he drove them away from  athe judgment seat.

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And they all took hold of  aSosthenes,  bthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of  cthe judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

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Paul, having remained many days longer,  atook leave of  bthe brethren and put out to sea for  cSyria, and with him were  dPriscilla and  dAquila. In  eCenchrea  1he  fhad his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

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They came to  aEphesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered  bthe synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

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When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

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but  ataking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again  bif God wills," he set sail from  cEphesus.

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When he had landed at  aCaesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to  bAntioch.

Third Missionary Journey

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And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the  aGalatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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Now a Jew named  aApollos, an  bAlexandrian by birth,  1an eloquent man, came to  cEphesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures.

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This man had been instructed in  athe way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with  bthe baptism of John;

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and  1he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when  aPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him  bthe way of God more accurately.

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And when he wanted to go across to  aAchaia,  bthe brethren encouraged him and wrote to  cthe disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly  1helped those who had believed through grace,

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for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating  aby the Scriptures that  bJesus was the  1Christ.



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