After these events Paul left ^aAthens and went to ^bCorinth. 2 And he found a Jew named ^aAquila, a native of ^bPontus having recently come from ^cItaly with his wife ^dPriscilla, because ^eClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and ^athey worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade. 4 And Paul was reasoning ^ain the synagogue every ^bSabbath and trying to persuade ^cJews and Greeks.

5 But when ^aSilas and Timothy ^bcame down from ^cMacedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, ^dtestifying to the Jews that ^eJesus was the ¹Christ. 6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ^ashook out his garments and said to them, “Your ^bblood is ¹on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ^cto the Gentiles.” 7 Then he left ¹the synagogue and went to the house of a man named ²Titius Justus, ^aa worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8 ^aCrispus, ^bthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ^ctogether with his entire household; and many of the ^dCorinthians, as they listened to Paul, were believing and being baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul by ^aa vision at night, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11 And he settled there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But while Gallio was ^aproconsul of ^bAchaia, ^cthe Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before ^dthe ¹judgment seat, 13 saying, “This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to ^athe ¹law.” 14 But when Paul was about to ^aopen his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or vicious, unscrupulous act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; 15 but if there are ^1aquestions about ²teaching and ³persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.” 16 And he drove them away from ^athe ¹judgment seat. 17 But they all took hold of ^aSosthenes, ^bthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ^cthe judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, ^atook leave of ^bthe brothers and sisters and sailed away to ^cSyria, and ^dPriscilla and ^eAquila were with him. ¹Paul first ^fhad his hair cut at ^gCenchrea, for he was keeping a vow. 19 They came to ^aEphesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ^bthe synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, 21 but ^atook leave of them and said, “I will return to you again ^bif God wills,” and he set sail from ^cEphesus.

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

23 And after spending some time there, he left and passed successively through the ^aGalatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24 Now a Jew named ^aApollos, an ^bAlexandrian by birth, ¹an eloquent man, came to ^cEphesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in ^athe way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with ^bthe baptism of John; 26 and ¹he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when ^aPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained ^bthe way of God more accurately to him. 27 And when he wanted to go across to ^aAchaia, ^bthe brothers encouraged him and wrote to ^cthe disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ¹helped those who had believed through grace, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating ^aby the Scriptures that ^bJesus was the ¹Christ.