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1After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

2There 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 went to visit them,

2And 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.

3and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

4Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

5But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

6But 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."

6And 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.

7Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

7And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

8Now 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.

8And 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.

9One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, "Stop being afraid to speak out! Don't remain silent!

9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

10For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you or harm you, because I have many people in this city."

10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

11So Paul lived there for a year and a half and continued to teach the word of God among the people there.

11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders gathered together, attacked Paul, and brought him before the judge's seat.

12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

13They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the Law."

13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

14Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.

14And 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:

15But 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."

15But 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.

16So he drove them away from the judge's seat.

16And he drave them from the judgment seat.

17Then all of them 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.

17Then 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.

18After 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.

18And 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.

19When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

20They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

21As he told them goodbye, he said, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

21But 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.

22When he arrived in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem, greeted the church there, and then returned to Antioch.

22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

23After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

23And 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.

24Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and well versed in the Scriptures.

24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

25He 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.

25This 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.

26He 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.

26And 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.

27When Apollos 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 grace, had believed.

27And 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:

28He successfully refuted the Jews in public and proved by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

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