1: After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth; |
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2: 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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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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4: And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
and the Greeks. |
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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. |
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6: 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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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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8: 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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9: 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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10: 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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11: And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of
God among them. |
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12: 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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13: Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the
law. |
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14: 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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15: 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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16: And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
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17: 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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18: 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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19: 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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20: When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented
not; |
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21: 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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22: And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the
church, he went down to Antioch. |
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23: 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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24: And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. |
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25: 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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26: 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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27: 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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28: For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by
the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |