1. After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2. And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came to them.
3. And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5. And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was burdened in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
6. And when they were opposed, and blasphemed, he shook his garments, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from this time on I will go to the Gentiles.
7. And he departed from there, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.
8. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9. Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not hold your peace:
10. For I am with you, and no man shall attack you to hurt you: for I have many people in this city.
11. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12. And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made an insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13. Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
14. And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, it would only be fitting for me to bear with you:
15. But if it is a question of words and names, and of your law, you look to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16. And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared about none of those things.
18. And Paul after this remained there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the believers, and sailed from there into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having cut off his hair in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19. And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20. When they desired him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent;
21. But bid them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem: but I will return again to you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus.
22. And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23. And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went through all the region of Galatia and Phrygia in succession, strengthening all the disciples.
24. And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to them, and presented to him the way of God more perfectly.
27. And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he came, helped them much who had believed through grace:
28. For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
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