1 A fter these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

2 A nd he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

3 a nd because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.

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

5 B ut when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

6 A nd when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

7 A nd he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

8 A nd Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

9 A nd the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

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

11 A nd he dwelt there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 B ut when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

13 s aying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

14 B ut when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

15 b ut if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

16 A nd he drove them from the judgment-seat.

17 A nd they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

18 A nd Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.

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

20 A nd when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

21 b ut taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

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

23 A nd having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

24 N ow a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

25 T his man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

26 a nd he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

27 A nd when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

28 f or he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.