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Chapter 18
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came
to Corinth; |
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And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because
that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:)
and came unto them. |
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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with
them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were
tentmakers. |
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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. |
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And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,
Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. |
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And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he
shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be
upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will
go unto the Gentiles. |
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And he departed thence, and entered into a certain
man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose
house joined hard to the synagogue. |
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And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed
on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians
hearing believed, and were baptized. |
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Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision,
Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: |
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For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to
hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. |
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And he continued there a year and six months, teaching
the word of God among them. |
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And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews
made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought
him to the judgment seat, |
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Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary
to the law. |
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And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio
said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear
with you: |
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But if it be a question of words and names, and of
your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such
matters. |
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And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
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Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler
of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat.
And Gallio cared for none of those things. |
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And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,
and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence
into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having
shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. |
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And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with
the Jews. |
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When they desired him to tarry longer time with them,
he consented not; |
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But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means
keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will
return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from
Ephesus. |
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And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. |
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And after he had spent some time there, he departed,
and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia
in order, strengthening all the disciples. |
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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria,
an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to
Ephesus. |
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This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently
the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. |
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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom
when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto
them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. |
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And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when
he was come, helped them much which had believed through
grace: |
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For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly,
shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |
