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ACTS 18:1
Acts 18:1
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After these things Paul departed from Athens,
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ACTS 18:2
Acts 18:2
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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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ACTS 18:3
Acts 18:3
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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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ACTS 18:4
Acts 18:4
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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath,
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. |
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ACTS 18:5
Acts 18:5
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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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ACTS 18:6
Acts 18:6
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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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ACTS 18:7
Acts 18:7
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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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ACTS 18:8
Acts 18:8
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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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ACTS 18:9
Acts 18:9
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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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ACTS 18:10
Acts 18:10
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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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ACTS 18:11
Acts 18:11
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And he continued there a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them. |
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ACTS 18:12
Acts 18:12
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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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ACTS 18:13
Acts 18:13
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Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship
God contrary to the law. |
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ACTS 18:14
Acts 18:14
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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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ACTS 18:15
Acts 18:15
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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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ACTS 18:16
Acts 18:16
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And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
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ACTS 18:17
Acts 18:17
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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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ACTS 18:18
Acts 18:18
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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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ACTS 18:19
Acts 18:19
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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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ACTS 18:20
Acts 18:20
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When they desired him to tarry longer time with
them, he consented not; |
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ACTS 18:21
Acts 18:21
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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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ACTS 18:22
Acts 18:22
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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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ACTS 18:23
Acts 18:23
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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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ACTS 18:24
Acts 18:24
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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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ACTS 18:25
Acts 18:25
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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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ACTS 18:26
Acts 18:26
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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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ACTS 18:27
Acts 18:27
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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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ACTS 18:28
Acts 18:28
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For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that
publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |
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