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* And after these things , having left Athens , he came to Corinth ; * and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila , of Pontus by race , just come from Italy , and Priscilla his wife , (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome ,) came to them , * and because they were of the same trade abode with them , and wrought . For they were tent-makers by trade . * And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath , and persuaded Jews and Greeks . * And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia , Paul was pressed in respect of the word , testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ . * But as they opposed and spoke injuriously , he shook his clothes , and said to them , Your blood be upon your own head : I [am ] pure ; from henceforth I will go to the nations . * And departing thence he came to the house of a certain [man ], by name Justus , who worshipped God , whose house adjoined the synagogue . * But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed in the Lord with all his house ; and many of the Corinthians hearing , believed , and were baptised . * And the Lord said by vision in [the ] night to Paul , Fear not , but speak and be not silent ; * because I am with thee , and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee ; because I have much people in this city . * And he remained [there ] a year and six months , teaching among them the word of God . * But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia , the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat , * saying , This [man ] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law . * But as Paul was going to open his mouth , Gallio said to the Jews , If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality , O Jews , of reason I should have borne with you ; * but if it be questions about words , and names , and the law that ye have , see to it yourselves ; [for ] I do not intend to be judge of these things . * And he drove them from the judgment-seat . * And having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue , they beat him before the judgment-seat . And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things . * And Paul , having yet stayed [there ] many days , took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria , and with him Priscilla and Aquila , having shorn his head in Cenchrea , for he had a vow ; * and he arrived at Ephesus , and left them there . But entering himself into the synagogue he reasoned with the Jews . * And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them ] he did not accede , * but bade them farewell , saying , [I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem ]; I will return to you again , if God will : and he sailed away from Ephesus . * And landing at Caesarea , and having gone up and saluted the assembly , he went down to Antioch . * And having stayed [there ] some time , he went forth , passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia , establishing all the disciples . * But a certain Jew , Apollos by name , an Alexandrian by race , an eloquent man , who was mighty in the scriptures , arrived at Ephesus . * He was instructed in the way of the Lord , and being fervent in his spirit , he spoke and taught exactly the things concerning Jesus , knowing only the baptism of John . * And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue . And Aquila and Priscilla , having heard him , took him to [them ] and unfolded to him the way of God more exactly . * And when he purposed to go into Achaia , the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him , who , being come , contributed much to those who believed through grace . * For he with great force convinced the Jews publicly , shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ .

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