After this Paul left ^aAthens and went to ^bCorinth. 2 There he met a Jew named ^aAquila, a native of ^bPontus, who had recently come from ^cItaly with his wife, ^dPriscilla, because the Roman Emperor ^eClaudius had issued an edict that all the ¹Jews were to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and ^athey worked together for they were tent-makers. 4 And he reasoned and debated ^ain the synagogue every ^bSabbath, trying to persuade ^cJews and Greeks;

5 but when ^aSilas and Timothy ^bcame down from ^cMacedonia (northern Greece) , Paul began devoting himself completely to preaching the word, and solemnly ^dtestifying to the Jews that ^eJesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) . 6 But since the Jews kept resisting and opposing him, and blaspheming God, he ^1ashook out his robe and said to them, “Your ^bblood (damnation) be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go ^cto the Gentiles.” Acts 13:46 7 Then he moved on from there and went to the house of a man named ¹Titius Justus, ^awho worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8 ^aCrispus, ^bthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together ^cwith his entire household joyfully acknowledging Him as Messiah and Savior; and many of the ^dCorinthians who heard Paul’s message were believing and being baptized. 9 One night the Lord said to Paul in ^aa vision, “Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you in order to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.” Is 43:5; Jer 1:8 11 So he settled there for a year and six months, teaching them the word of God concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ.

12 But when ¹Gallio was ^aproconsul of ^bAchaia (southern Greece) , ^cthe Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before ^2dthe judgment seat, 13 declaring, “This man is persuading people to worship God in violation of ^athe law of Moses.” 14 But when Paul was about ^ato reply, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or serious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to put up with you; 15 but since it is merely a ^aquestion of doctrine within your religion about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am ¹unwilling to judge these matters.” 16 And he drove them away from ^athe judgment seat. 17 Then the Greeks all seized ^1aSosthenes, ^bthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him right in front of ^cthe judgment seat; but Gallio paid no attention to any of this. 1+@Cor 1:1

18 Paul stayed for a while longer, and then ^atold ^bthe ¹brothers and sisters goodbye and sailed for ^cSyria; and he was accompanied by ^dPriscilla and ^eAquila. At ^fCenchrea the southeastern port of Corinth he ^ghad his hair cut, because he was keeping a Nazirite vow of abstention. 19 Then they arrived in ^aEphesus, and he left the others there; but he entered ^bthe synagogue and reasoned and debated with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he refused; 21 but ^aafter telling them goodbye and saying, “I will return again ^bif God is willing,” he set sail from ^cEphesus.

22 When he had landed at ^aCaesarea, he went up and ¹greeted the church at Jerusalem, and then went down to ^bAntioch.

23 After spending some time there, he left and traveled through the territory of ^aGalatia and Phrygia, strengthening and encouraging all the disciples.

24 Now a Jew named ^aApollos, a native of ^bAlexandria, came to ^cEphesus. He was an eloquent and cultured man, and well versed in the Hebrew Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in ^athe way of the Lord, and being spiritually impassioned, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about Jesus, though he knew only ^bthe baptism of John; 26 and he began to speak boldly and fearlessly in the synagogue. But when ^aPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained more accurately to him ^bthe way of God and the full story of the life of Christ. 27 And when Apollos wanted to go across to ^aAchaia (southern Greece) , ^bthe brothers encouraged him and wrote to ^cthe disciples, urging them to welcome him gladly. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who, through grace, had believed and had followed Jesus as Lord and Savior, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public discussions, proving ^aby the Scriptures that ^bJesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) .