1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth; 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 he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for
by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4And he reasoned in the
synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was
pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
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.
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.
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.
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 thee, and no
man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this
city.
11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the
judgment seat, 13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God
contrary to the law.
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 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. 16And he drave them from the
judgment seat.
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.
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.
19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself
entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20When they
desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 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.
22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the
church, he went down to Antioch. 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.
24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent
man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 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. 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.
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: 28For he mightily
convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that
Jesus was Christ.