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Paul
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Acts 18:1
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After these things he left Athens and went to
Corinth. |
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Acts 18:2
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And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of
Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius
had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, |
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Acts 18:3
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and because he was of the same trade, he stayed
with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. |
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Acts 18:4
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And he was reasoning in the synagogue every
Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. |
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Acts 18:5
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But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia,
Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the
Jews that Jesus was the Christ. |
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Acts 18:6
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But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook
out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean.
From now on I will go to the Gentiles." |
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Acts 18:7
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Then he left there and went to the house of
a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. |
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Acts 18:8
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Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed
in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard
were believing and being baptized. |
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Acts 18:9
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And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a
vision, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking
and do not be silent; |
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Acts 18:10
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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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Acts 18:11
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And he settled there a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them. |
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Acts 18:12
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But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the
Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment
seat, |
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Acts 18:13
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saying, "This man persuades men to worship God
contrary to the law." |
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Acts 18:14
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But when Paul was about to open 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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Acts 18:15
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but if there are questions 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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Acts 18:16
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And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
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Acts 18:17
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And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader
of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio
was not concerned about any of these things. |
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Acts 18:18
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Paul, having remained many days longer, took
leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla
and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. |
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Acts 18:19
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They came to Ephesus, and he left them there.
Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. |
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Acts 18:20
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When they asked him to stay for a longer time,
he did not consent, |
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Acts 18:21
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but taking leave of them and saying, "I will
return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus. |
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Acts 18:22
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When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and
greeted the church, and went down to Antioch. |
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Third Missionary Journey |
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Acts 18:23
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And having spent some time there, he left and
passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all
the disciples. |
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Acts 18:24
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Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth,
an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. |
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Acts 18:25
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This man had been instructed in the way of the
Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the
things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; |
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Acts 18:26
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and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue.
But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to
him the way of God more accurately. |
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Acts 18:27
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And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the
brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he
had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace, |
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Acts 18:28
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for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public,
demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. |
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