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		Acts 18:1 After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
		Acts 18:2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife, Priscilla, because [the Roman Emperor] Claudius had issued an edict that all the Jews were to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
		Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.
		Acts 18:4 And he reasoned and debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks;
		Acts 18:5 ¶ but when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia (northern Greece), Paul began devoting himself completely to [preaching] the word, and solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
		Acts 18:6 But since the Jews kept resisting and opposing him, and blaspheming [God], he shook out his robe and said to them, "Your blood (damnation) be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." [Acts 13:46]
		Acts 18:7 Then he moved on from there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.
		Acts 18:8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household [joyfully acknowledging Him as Messiah and Savior]; and many of the Corinthians who heard [Paul's message] were believing and being baptized.
		Acts 18:9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent;
		Acts 18:10 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]
		Acts 18:11 So he settled there for a year and six months, teaching them the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].
		Acts 18:12 ¶ But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (southern Greece), the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
		Acts 18:13 declaring, "This man is persuading people to worship God in violation of the law [of Moses]."
		Acts 18:14 But when Paul was about to 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;
		Acts 18:15 but since it is merely a question [of doctrine within your religion] about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to judge these matters."
		Acts 18:16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
		Acts 18:17 Then the Greeks all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him right in front of the judgment seat; but Gallio paid no attention to any of this. [1 Cor 1:1]
		Acts 18:18 ¶ Paul stayed for a while longer, and then told the brothers and sisters goodbye and sailed for Syria; and he was accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchrea [the southeastern port of Corinth] he had his hair cut, because he was keeping a [Nazirite] vow [of abstention].
		Acts 18:19 Then they arrived in Ephesus, and he left the others there; but he entered the synagogue and reasoned and debated with the Jews.
		Acts 18:20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he refused;
		Acts 18:21 but after telling them goodbye and saying, "I will return again if God is willing," he set sail from Ephesus.
		Acts 18:22 ¶ When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church [at Jerusalem], and then went down to Antioch.
		Acts 18:23 After spending some time there, he left and traveled through the territory of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening and encouraging all the disciples.
		Acts 18:24 ¶ Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent and cultured man, and well versed in the [Hebrew] Scriptures.
		Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being spiritually impassioned, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John;
		Acts 18:26 and he began to speak boldly and fearlessly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained more accurately to him the way of God [and the full story of the life of Christ].
		Acts 18:27 And when Apollos wanted to go across to Achaia (southern Greece), the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the 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,
		Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public discussions, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

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